Facing an issue with cat-ing the files

[arminvoid]

• Version: js-ipfs version: 0.26.0
• Platform: Darwin Arpits-MBP.Dlink 16.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 16.5.0: Fri Mar 3 16:52:33 PST 2017; root:xnu-3789.51.2~3/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
• Subsystem: CLI

Type: Question

Severity: Low

Description: Trying to follow the IPFS demo video with js-ipfs. Facing an issue with cat-ing the files

Steps to reproduce the error:

➜  jsipfs init

initializing ipfs node at /Users/arpit/.jsipfs
generating 2048-bit RSA keypair...done
peer identity: QmboTK9e8rMroKwEooEn5KRorUu4k2RHjqk9MH4JDNzbvw
to get started, enter:

	 jsipfs files cat /ipfs/QmPZ9gcCEpqKTo6aq61g2nXGUhM4iCL3ewB6LDXZCtioEB

➜  jsipfs files cat /ipfs/QmPZ9gcCEpqKTo6aq61g2nXGUhM4iCL3ewB6LDXZCtioEB

Hello and Welcome to IPFS!

██╗██████╗ ███████╗███████╗
██║██╔══██╗██╔════╝██╔════╝
██║██████╔╝█████╗  ███████╗
██║██╔═══╝ ██╔══╝  ╚════██║
██║██║     ██║     ███████║
╚═╝╚═╝     ╚═╝     ╚══════╝

If you're seeing this, you have successfully installed
IPFS and are now interfacing with the ipfs merkledag!

 -------------------------------------------------------
| Warning:                                              |
|   This is alpha software. Use at your own discretion! |
|   Much is missing or lacking polish. There are bugs.  |
|   Not yet secure. Read the security notes for more.   |
 -------------------------------------------------------

Check out some of the other files in this directory:

  ./about
  ./help
  ./quick-start     <-- usage examples
  ./readme          <-- this file
  ./security-notes
➜  jsipfs files cat /ipfs/QmPZ9gcCEpqKTo6aq61g2nXGUhM4iCL3ewB6LDXZCtioEB/security-notes
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ipfs/src/core/components/files.js:92
          callback(null, toStream.source(files[files.length - 1].content))
                                                                ^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'content' of undefined
    at pull.collect (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ipfs/src/core/components/files.js:92:65)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ipfs/node_modules/pull-stream/sinks/reduce.js:10:5
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ipfs/node_modules/pull-stream/sinks/drain.js:20:24
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ipfs/node_modules/pull-stream/throughs/flatten.js:35:20
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ipfs/node_modules/pull-stream/throughs/map.js:19:9
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ipfs/node_modules/pull-stream/throughs/map.js:19:9
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ipfs/node_modules/pull-stream/sources/values.js:19:7
    at read (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ipfs/node_modules/pull-defer/source.js:14:10)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ipfs/node_modules/pull-stream/throughs/map.js:11:7
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ipfs/node_modules/pull-stream/throughs/map.js:11:7

Am I doing something wrong?

[dryajov]

In reality, those files are not located under QmPZ9gcCEpqKTo6aq61g2nXGUhM4iCL3ewB6LDXZCtioEB (./readme), but in the same directory as the readme file, so doing QmPZ9gcCEpqKTo6aq61g2nXGUhM4iCL3ewB6LDXZCtioEB/security-notes is like doing readme/security-notes - there is nothing there. I'm not sure why we don't have the hash of the directory where this files are located as well, so that it can be navigated.

That said, we should not be crashing like this - I'll take a look.

[arminvoid]

I am beginning out with IPFS. I would love to investigate this one.

[dryajov]

Absolutely, go for it!

[arminvoid]

Hey @dryajov I have made a PR. Do have a look when time permits, thanks!