Where is bitcoin-cli? Just downloaded 0.9 and there is no such file.
Depends on your OS and what you downloaded/installed. In the linux tarball it's in the bin/32 and bin/64 sub-directories.
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Depends on your OS and what you downloaded/installed. In the linux tarball it's in the bin/32 and bin/64 sub-directories.
Where is bitcoin-cli? Just downloaded 0.9 and there is no such file.
Until now bitcoind was both the client and the server. The plan is to make bitcoind the server only, and bitcoin-cli the client.
Hmmm.
I'm currently using bitcoind and talking to it over RPC. What should I be doing now? Do I run both bitcoind AND bitcoin-cli? Sorry if I'm being dense.
You don't run bitcoin-cli at all. bitcoin-cli is only used over the command line interface hence the name. If you are communicating to bitcoind via http + jsonRPC there is no need to use bitcoin-cli.
OK, thanks. Seems like a step backwards to me, but I'll go with it.
No, it's a step forward. bitcoind now works like all other servers in that respect. If you're running, say, ftpd as an FTP server, you don't talk to the server by running ftpd bitcoind runs in the background just like before.
Whenever you need to ask it something via RPC, you do "bitcoin-cli foobar". As soon as you get the response, bitcoin-cli doesn't run anymore, like your daily ls/dir.
Whenever you need to ask it something via RPC, you do "bitcoin-cli foobar". As soon as you get the response, bitcoin-cli doesn't run anymore, like your daily ls/dir.
OK, thanks. Seems like a step backwards to me, but I'll go with it.
bitcoind runs in the background just like before.
Whenever you need to ask it something via RPC, you do "bitcoin-cli foobar". As soon as you get the response, bitcoin-cli doesn't run anymore, like your daily ls/dir.
Whenever you need to ask it something via RPC, you do "bitcoin-cli foobar". As soon as you get the response, bitcoin-cli doesn't run anymore, like your daily ls/dir.
Until now bitcoind was both the client and the server. The plan is to make bitcoind the server only, and bitcoin-cli the client.
Hmmm.
I'm currently using bitcoind and talking to it over RPC. What should I be doing now? Do I run both bitcoind AND bitcoin-cli? Sorry if I'm being dense.
Until now bitcoind was both the client and the server. The plan is to make bitcoind the server only, and bitcoin-cli the client.
With 0.9, the idea seems to be moving away from using bitcoind as an RPC server, and towards using bitcoin-cli to control the server. Is there any info on how to do this? Will bitcoin-cli become the RPC server? Or do we send and parse JSON over the command line to bitcoin-cli?
I'm not following the thinking here.
I'm not following the thinking here.
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