Complete examples: what it is, what you do, what you need, how to test it and how to close it. Copy one, change a part, keep the test.
A repeatable working
The Jupiter Archive Blessing
A backup and archive ritual with a manifest, a read-back test and a close.
What it is
To make an archive a working: store it, restore it, record it, close it.
Choose one body of work. Make a backup, write a manifest, restore one file from it, and close the working with a note. Use Jupiter and Earth. The test is the restore.
How to do it
- Choose the body of work and the destination.
- Copy the work and write a manifest (names, sizes, hashes).
- Restore one file from the backup and compare it.
- Record the backup, the restore and any failure.
- Close with a note: what is stored, where, and when it will be checked again.
- Put the next check in a calendar.
What you need
- A body of work
- A backup destination
- A manifest
- A restore test
- A close note
A worked example
A year of sigil cards is backed up, a manifest is written, and one card is restored and compared. The close note says where the archive lives and when it will be checked.
How you know it worked
A backup that has never been restored is a hope. Restore one file and compare the hash.
Variations
- Archive a working's ledger and sigils, not just the output.
- Use a second destination and compare the manifests.
- Make the close a public note for a group.
Code sketch
This is a sketch, not a runnable program. It names the shape of the automation; the definitions are yours.
sha256sum archive.tar.gz > manifest.sha256
tar -xzf archive.tar.gz -C /tmp/restore
sha256sum /tmp/restore/file | diff - manifest.sha256Related entries
Instruments
Practices
Protocols
Constructs
Correspondences
Related
One of 110 entries in the Technomancy workshop. How a working is built Is it wrong somewhere?
Mentioned by 7
Every entry that names The Jupiter Archive Blessing, grouped by section.
⌬ Correspondences 4
- Jupiter — archive Workings
- Earth — file system Workings
- The World — deploy Workings
- Saturday — Saturn Workings
⚙ Instruments 1
- The Servitor Ledger Workings
✧ Practices 1
- Dismissing a construct Workings
❖ Workings 1
- The Mars Firewall Ward Related
More in Workings
The entries either side of this one in the same section.
- The Mars Firewall Ward A security banishing: three rules, one test and a close.
- The Mercury Hour Daemon A small daemon that announces the planetary hours and prompts the operation that belongs to each.
- The Venus Network Charm A small browser charm that surfaces one saved contact or image each visit, and closes after a week.
- The Mercury Inbox Servitor A bounded servitor that surfaces one useful contact each Friday, with a ledger and a close.
- The Solar Sigil Card A daily sigil made at sunrise, published as a card, and closed at sunset.
- The Saturn Deadline Egregore A group construct for a shared deadline, with a charter, a weekly check-in and a public close.
New entries, when they land
Occasional notes when a section of the grimoire is added or revised. No account, no tracking across sites, and one line to leave.