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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Jeromy Johnson
+# MIT Licensed; see the LICENSE file in this repository.
+#
+
+test_description="test two nodes transferring a large file"
+
+. lib/test-lib.sh
+
+export IPTB_ROOT="`pwd`/.iptb"
+
+test_expect_success "set up two nodes" '
+	IPTB_PORT=$((RANDOM % 10000 + 22000)) &&
+	iptb -n=2 "-p=$IPTB_PORT" init &&
+	iptb -wait start
+'
+
+test_expect_success "add a file on node1" '
+	export IPFS_PATH="$IPTB_ROOT/0" &&
+	random 400000000 > filea &&
+	FILEA_HASH=$(ipfs add -q filea)
+'
+
+test_expect_success "cat that file on node2" '
+	export IPFS_PATH="$IPTB_ROOT/1" &&
+	ipfs cat $FILEA_HASH >fileb
+'
+
+test_expect_success "verify files match" '
+	multihash filea > expected1 &&
+	multihash fileb > actual1 &&
+	test_cmp actual1 expected1
+'
+
+test_expect_success "shut down nodes" '
+	iptb stop
+'
+
+test_done