First time using Bagit to make an AIP #133

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1. edsu commented on May 2, 2019

   

   edsu

   on May 2, 2019

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   Hi @EmEbner,

   It looks like BitCurator comes with python-bagit pre-installed which takes some of the pain away. As you note, bagit-python is a command line utility so you do need to interact with it in a terminal window instead of a desktop GUI application.

   If you are able to open a terminal window, you simply tell bagit the directory that contains the content you want to bag up:

   bagit.py /path/to/my/data
   

   That will create the bag in place, and start a bag-info.txt which you can update with more detailed metadata. If you prefer you can pass some of the metadata on the command line too:

   bagit.py --contact-name "Eric Ebner" --external-description "Moravian Archives data" /path/to/my/data
   

   Then if you want to validate the bag you can:

   bagit.py --validate /path/to/my/bag
   

   Does that help at all?
2. EmEbner commented on May 2, 2019

   

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   Hi Ed, It does help, thank you! My colleague and I at the Archives ended up downloading Bagger to create a sample AIP. We’ve been taking notes one what to do if Bagit has to be used in the future. Thanks again for your response. Take care, Eric

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   On May 2, 2019, at 12:38 PM, Ed Summers ***@***.***> wrote: Hi @EmEbner, It looks like BitCurator comes with python-bagit pre-installed which takes some of the pain away. As you note, bagit-python is a command line utility so you do need to interact with it in a terminal window instead of a desktop GUI application. If you are able to open a terminal window, you simply tell bagit the directory that contains the content you want to bag up: bagit.py /path/to/my/data That will create the bag in place, and start a bag-info.txt which you can update with more detailed metadata. If you prefer you can pass some of the metadata on the command line too: bagit.py --contact-name "Eric Ebner" --external-description "Moravian Archives data" /path/to/my/data Then if you want to validate the bag you can: bagit.py --validate /path/to/my/bag Does that help at all? — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.