git-annex-copygit-annexhttp://git-annex.branchable.com/git-annex-copy/git-annexikiwiki2016-04-04T21:02:06Z--all seems to do nothinghttp://git-annex.branchable.com/git-annex-copy/comment_1_9be279110a112335bc72ee8c8a347da2/tomekwi2015-07-03T05:14:37Z2015-07-03T05:14:37Z
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I want to back up all my files including previous versions on an external drive. I’ve tried these two commands – both of them exited instantly without producing any output:</p>
<pre><code>$ git-annex copy --all --to=external-drive
$ git-annex copy --unused --to=external-drive
</code></pre>
comment 2http://git-annex.branchable.com/git-annex-copy/comment_2_599958b0a57d2f8f4383733d28ad9c8d/tomekwi2015-07-03T05:17:12Z2015-07-03T05:17:12Z
By the way I’m running 5.20140717 – the version distributed by Fedora.
comment 3http://git-annex.branchable.com/git-annex-copy/comment_3_a9408822e314c32bebf8230f9d40216b/joey2015-07-06T18:41:07Z2015-07-06T17:39:58Z
<p>Commenting on a man page is not the right way to report a problem. File a
bug report.</p>
<p>FWIW, copy --all works fine in my tests. Of course, there are certianly
situations where it copies nothing. Eg, if there are no files with ontents
in the repository for it to copy.</p>
Fetch files from two (or more) remotes simultaneously?http://git-annex.branchable.com/git-annex-copy/comment_4_44dcb42a011cc203655bccca06de2e10/b2016-03-21T22:47:42Z2016-03-21T22:47:42Z
Let's assume that user has two slow remotes. Is it possible to fetch the data from both to at least partially speed-up the process?
comment 5http://git-annex.branchable.com/git-annex-copy/comment_5_fe7c2c6617b3a5ca153af2225fc66498/joey2016-04-04T21:02:06Z2016-04-04T20:30:33Z
<p>If you run <code>git annex copy --from slowremote1</code> in one terminal and at the
same time run <code>git annex copy --from slowremote2</code> in another terminal,
the two processes will cooperatively get the files, spreading the load
amoung the remotes. This works because git-annex avoids downloading a file
if the same file is already being downloaded by a different process.</p>