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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-10-16 16:35:47 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-10-16 16:35:47 -0400 |
| commit | d264bca5daa81d7f9e39de6554ac51a0914ec4c0 (patch) | |
| tree | 4d20ffc39e1bb8de0a2f34217d62593ebdba9f2c /doc/tips | |
| parent | a58b4611211154ba6cd6f07c2914e89b2d036845 (diff) | |
S3: Try to ensure bucket name is valid for archive.org.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/tips')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3.mdwn | 22 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3.mdwn b/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3.mdwn index 39da2c60f..eba28961d 100644 --- a/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3.mdwn @@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ rather than having git-annex pick a random one; and you can optionally specify `x-archive-meta*` headers to add metadata as explained in their [documentation](http://www.archive.org/help/abouts3.txt). -[[!template id=note text=""" -/!\ There seems to be a [[bug|bugs/S3 buckets with capital letters breaks authentication]] in either hS3 or the archive that breaks -authentication when the bucket name contains spaces or upper-case letters.. -use all lowercase and no spaces when making the bucket with `initremote`. -"""]] - # git annex initremote archive-panama type=S3 \ host=s3.us.archive.org bucket=panama-canal-lock-blueprints \ x-archive-meta-mediatype=texts x-archive-meta-language=eng \ @@ -51,8 +45,14 @@ Then you can annex files and copy them to the remote as usual: # git annex copy photo1.jpeg --fast --to archive-panama copy (to archive-panama...) ok -Note the use of the SHA1E [[backend|backends]]. It makes most sense -to use the WORM or SHA1E backend for files that will be stored in -the Internet Archive, since the key name will be exposed as the filename -there, and since the Archive does special processing of files based on -their extension. +Once a file has been stored on archive.org, it cannot be (easily) removed +from it. Also, git-annex whereis will tell you a public url for the file +on archive.org. (It may take a while for archive.org to make the file +publically visibile.) + +Note the use of the SHA1E [[backend|backends]] when adding files. That is +the default backend used by git-annex, but even if you don't normally use +it, it makes most sense to use the WORM or SHA1E backend for files that +will be stored in the Internet Archive, since the key name will be exposed +as the filename there, and since the Archive does special processing of +files based on their extension. |