# WEEK 7 QUESTIONS | May 17 - May 23, 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** js-ipfs, go-ipfs, files, weekly-questions\ **Created:** [May 24, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/week-7-questions-may-17-may-23-2021/11363 "2021-05-24T22:26:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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# WEEK 7 QUESTIONS | May 17 - May 23, 2021 (times are in EST) Week 7 is here! 🎉 I’ve attempted to highlight interesting or common questions. This week I found a couple interesting unanswered questions. I’ve also included a long one about how to reliably make content available in-browser using js-ipfs, and a StackOverflow question asking about symbolic links in MFS. ## Questions ### unbeatable-101 asked “I cannot browse my files from the IPFS app” ([forum - 20:06 May 19](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/i-cannot-browse-my-files-from-the-ipfs-app/11316)) > [@I cannot browse my files from the IPFS app](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/i-cannot-browse-my-files-from-the-ipfs-app/11316/1): > > ![Screen Shot 2021-05-19 at 20.05.39](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ipfs1/original/2X/c/c6e4a5c015c688ac07088684aa1cb21f4a32cb75.jpeg) > > I’ve tried restarting the node and app multiple times > [@I cannot browse my files from the IPFS app](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/i-cannot-browse-my-files-from-the-ipfs-app/11316/2): > > I just removed my ipfs folders in `~/` and it worked again (But with all my files gone) #### Observation: I wonder what caused this. I’m assuming a configuration change of somesort 🤔. * * * ### nickreserved asked “When file added?” ([forum - 16:32 May 19](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/when-file-added/11311)) ✅ > [@When file added?](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/when-file-added/11311/1): > > Is it possible for IPFS to return the timestamp or datetime of a file’s addition? > Or I must log it alone? > > The same for “ipfs name publish”. > > Basically, ipfs keeps time of an action or not? > > I need this for synchronization. #### Observation: As far as I know such a feature doesn’t exist … yet, you’d have to implement tracking in your own application. zacharywhitley points out there’s a bounty for a similar feature, too: [https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/6920](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/6920) Cool! * * * ### BnMcGn asked “IPFS: Symbolic links in MFS” ([StackOverflow - 17:24 May 14](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67538523/ipfs-symbolic-links-in-mfs)) > Is there a symlink equivalent for IPFS’s Mutable File System? For example, if I have a file: > > ```auto > /source/file.txt > > ``` > > and I copy it another folder: > > ```auto > ipfs files cp /source/file.txt /reference/file.txt > > ``` > > the two files will refer to the same object. If I make a change to `/source/file.txt` the copy in `/reference/file.txt` will still point to the old version. Is there a good way to make it point to the current version of the file in `/source/` ? > > I could keep track of all the copies and update them whenever I change the original, but that doesn’t sound fun. I could also store the string “/source/file.txt” in `/reference/file.txt` and manually dereference each time I want to access the file. Better, but still cumbersome. Are there any other options? #### Observation: This feature sounds really useful. Does anyone know if it exists? I’m pretty sure I’ve seen others looking for this too 🤔. * * * ### novaknole asked “How to upload file to IPFS with only front-end” ([forum - 14:00 May 14](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-to-upload-file-to-ipfs-with-only-front-end/11277)) ✅ > [@How to upload file to IPFS with only front-end](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-to-upload-file-to-ipfs-with-only-front-end/11277/1): > > Question 1. I want to confirm something. does `IPFS.create` create a node in the browser and that’s how it starts to work ? Is this stable and performant ? since node(i don’t mean `node.js` ) is running in browser, maybe it’s not performant. What do you think ? > > Question 2. if `IPFS.create` creates a node in the browser, I guess, when I refresh the page and that code again gets executed, old node dies and new one gets created. is this performant ? There are many more questions after this too! #### Observation: This is a lovely thread. Effectively they want to be able to ensure their files being added via js-ipfs are reachable, and we go step-by-step into how. zacharywhitley suggested using the [IPFS Pinning Service API](https://ipfs.github.io/pinning-services-api-spec/), and that really kicked off progress 🎉.