Data not downloading in "client" connection

Hello,

I am running dat version 9.8.2, as reported by dat -v, which I installed by cloning the dat GitHub repository and running npm link with revision 0ea2dce7136740b33b5229b3fc8599f1746f2802.

I have tried running a very simple configuration, but am having trouble getting data to download using the dat dat://<hash> command.

Console 1

1. Create a directory named source containing a single empty file named hello-world.txt.
2. From within source, run dat link.
3. Copy dat://<hash> URI.

Console 2

1. Create target directory.
2. Change into target directory.
3. Run dat dat://<hash> with hash copied from Console 1.

Expected behvaiour

New source directory created in target, containing file named hello-world.txt.

Observed behaviour

• Consoles indicate connection through an increase in the number of connected sources.
• Nothing created in target directory.

Here is a screencast showing the issue:

[joehand]

@cfobel this may have to do with the entire folder and file being 0 bytes. This was a bug that was recently fixed in hyperdrive (a dat dependency).

There are two things you can do that will help figure out the cause of the bug:

1. We need to make sure the hyperdrive module is up to date (4.0.0 is the latest). The straightforward way to do this is delete and reinstall your node_modules inside your dat cloned repository. Once this is done, try linking/downloading your folder again.
2. If 1. doesn’t work, try doing it with non-empty folder/files. This will help to figure out if its a 0 bytes bug or something else (windows, perhaps).

Dat is connecting and transferring metadata (since we can see how much should be transferred). But then something is going wrong…

[waldoj]

A+ BUG REPORT WOULD READ AGAIN.