Storing Data

Start by creating a file, in this example we will use the command line to create hello.txt.

$ echo "Hi my name is $USER" > hello.txt

Afterwards you can import the file into a Lotus Node and get a Data CID as output.

$ lotus client import ./hello.txt
<Data CID>

To see a list of files by CID, name, size, status.

$ lotus client local