Bagging with the Bagit Specification

BagIt is a hierarchical file packaging format designed to support disk-based storage and network transfer of arbitrary digital content.

Bagging

1. Open Command Prompt and use the cd command (or cd /d if the path is on a different drive) to navigate to: C:\BHL\Utilities\bagit\bagit-python-1.7.0

   1. Archivists may need to use the cd ../.. to get to C:/

   2. Run the following command: bagit.py --md5 PATH/TO/YOUR/DIRECTORY

   3. This will create a "bag" consisting of a "payload" (the arbitrary content) and "tags", which are metadata files intended to document the storage and transfer of the bag.

   4. To see a list of options, type: bagit.py --help

Verifying bags

1. Open Command Prompt and use the cd command (or cd /d if the path is on a different drive) to navigate to: C:\BHL\Utilities\bagit\bagit-python-1.7.0

   1. Run the following command: bagit.py --validate PATH/TO/YOUR/BAG

   2. This will verify the "bag."