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   * dat: command-line api
   * dat-desk: desktop application
-  * dat-server: js api for server daemon
   * hyperdrive: storage layer
-  * discovery-swarm: swarm
-
+  * discovery-swarm: dat network swarm discovery mechanism
 
 ## dat
 
 Command-line interface for dat
 
-#### `dat link DIR`
-
-Create a new link for the contents of a directory and begin automatically serving the data to a swarm in the background.
-
-  * `--foreground`: run the server in the foreground instead.
-
 #### `dat LINK DIR`
 
-Download a link to a directory and begin automatically serving the data to a swarm in the background.
-
-  * `--foreground`: run the server in the foreground instead.
-
-#### `dat start`
-
-Starts serving dats in the background progress.
-
-  * `--foreground`: run the server in the foreground instead.
-
-#### `dat status`
-
-View a static list of the current dat links that are served.
-
-#### `dat stop`
-
-Stops serving dats.
-
-#### `dat rm LINK`
-
-Remove a link from the list, stops serving it.
-
-#### `dat mon`
-
-Opens up real-time monitoring panel for viewing progress of running dats. Can provide optional parameter `dat mon LINK` to filter the monitor and logs for a given dat link.
-
-
-## JS api
-
-A common JavaScript API for Dat.
-
-```
-var Dat = require('dat-server')
-```
-
-#### `var dat = Dat(opts, cb)`
-
-Options
-
-  * `db`: leveldb instance for underlying hyperdrive
-  * `DISCOVERY_SERVER`: the discovery server to use. (default 'discovery1.publicbits.org')
-  * `DAT_DOMAIN`: the domain to use (default 'dat.local')
-
-#### `dat.link(dir, cb)`
-
-Create a dat link for the given directory. Does not start sharing the dat. Must use `dat.join` to begin serving the link to the swarm.
-
-```js
-var linker = dat.link(dir)
-var done = function (err, link) {
-  if (err) throw err
-  console.log('Done linking!', link)
-}
-var dir = '/Users/karissa/data/mydata'
-var linker = dat.link(dir, done)
-linker.on('progress', function (progress) {
-  console.log('progress item', progress)
-})
-```
-
-#### `dat.join(link, dir, cb)`
-
-Joins the swarm for a given link to a given location. Get progress events from the stream. Progress events are the same as emitted by the `dat` object.
-
-```js
-var done = function (err) {
-  if (err) throw err
-  console.log('Done downloading!')
-}
-var link = 'dat://8a82dae10ee8384'
-var dir = '/Users/karissa/data/mydata'
-var downloader = dat.download(link, dir, done)
-downloader.on('progress', function (progress) {
-  console.log('progress item', progress)
-})
-```
-
-#### `dat.leave(link, cb)`
+Downloads the link to the given directory. 
 
-Leave the swarm for the given link.
+#### `dat seed LINK DIR`
 
-#### `dat.on('progress', cb)`
+Downloads the link to the given directory and opens up a server that seeds it to the dat peer network.
 
-Get all progress events from uploading and downloading data.
+### `dat ls LINK`
 
-```js
-dat.on('progress', function (progress) {
-  console.log(progress)
-})
-```
+Fetches the metadata for the link and prints out the file list in the console.