#!/bin/bash if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then echo "usage: $0 " echo "republishes an ipns name every 20 minutes" echo "(this is an icky stop-gap until ipfs nodes do it for you)" echo "" echo "example:" echo " > $0 QmSYCpuKPbPQ2iFr2swJj2hvz7wQUXfPBXPiuVsQdL5FEs" echo "" exit 1 fi # must be run online. ipfs swarm peers >/dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "error: ipfs daemon must be online and connected to peers " exit 1 fi # check the object is there ipfs object stat "$1" >/dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "error: ipfs cannot find $1" exit 1 fi echo "republishing $1 every 20 minutes" while : do ipfs name publish $1 sleep 1200 done