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Normally, the git-annex assistant makes your files be available
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wherever you use it, and so a copy of each file is stored in each repository.
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That's perfect for files you're using right now, but what about files you're
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not using any more?
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You could just delete those files, but it's better to archive them, so
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you can access them later. All you need to get started archiving your old
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files is a USB drive, or an [Amazon Glacier](http://aws.amazon.com/glacier/)
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account.
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The webapp makes it easy to make a repository on either a USB drive,
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or on Amazon Glacier. Once the repository is created, be sure to
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put it in either the small archive, or full archive repository group.
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[[!img repogroup.png]]
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Now when you're done with a file, just move it into a directory named
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"archive". The assistant will notice you put it there, and next time it
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has the opportunity (when you plug in the USB drive, or when it can
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talk to Amazon Glacier over the network), will move the file's
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content to your archive repository.
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You'll no longer be able to open the file once it's been archived.
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If you later want to access it, you can just copy or move it out
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of the archive directory, and the assistant will retrieve its
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content from the archive.
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Note that retrieving data from Amazon Glacier takes 4 to 5 hours.
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