aldenp: That really depends, if you're directory you are pinning is structured like: ``` /parentdir -> file1 ->file2 ->file3 -> file4 -> file5 -> file6 ``` If you have previously added `file2` and `file5`, and you are pinning the CID for `parentdir` then you wouldn't download `file2` nor would you download `file5` but you would download the `file6` and `file3`