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@@ -159,6 +159,27 @@ can supply a file with specs in it, one per line:
This is useful if there is a specific suite of software managed by
your site.
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Mirror environment
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+To create a mirror of all packages required by a concerte environment, activate the environment and call ``spack mirror create -a``.
+This is especially useful to create a mirror of an environment concretized on another machine.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ [remote] $ spack env create myenv
+ [remote] $ spack env activate myenv
+ [remote] $ spack add ...
+ [remote] $ spack concretize
+
+ $ sftp remote:/spack/var/environment/myenv/spack.lock
+ $ spack env create myenv spack.lock
+ $ spack env activate myenv
+ $ spack mirror create -a
+
+
+
.. _cmd-spack-mirror-add:
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