Topic: Any way to purge the log.000xxxx files in the database folder? (Read 1241 times)
Ok, well I went ahead and deleted all those log files except for the last one, and everything seems fine after running the client for like an hour.
Simply deleting them is fine, just make sure you exit the client first.
Last time I did that (on my empty wallet) the bitcoin client kept crashing when I relaunched it (ran for a few minutes then crash), and I eventually had to wipe out the whole blockchain and start over. Are you really sure I can delete all those files, or do you mean the old ones that haven't been modified for at least a week?Someone else would have to confirm the technicalities, but I've never had any crash problems deleting log files, or any files other than the blockchain+wallet in fact.
Simply deleting them is fine, just make sure you exit the client first.
Last time I did that (on my empty wallet) the bitcoin client kept crashing when I relaunched it (ran for a few minutes then crash), and I eventually had to wipe out the whole blockchain and start over. Are you really sure I can delete all those files, or do you mean the old ones that haven't been modified for at least a week?
Simply deleting them is fine, just make sure you exit the client first.
Well, yeah, restarting the client removes a few files, but some (for a total of around 80 MB) are staying. The most weird thing is that the bitcoin client doesn't even seem to use them anymore (their last modification dates range from 1 month to a few days).
Restarting your client from time to time will trim the size down. It's only an issue if you leave your client online for weeks.
Hi,
I recently noticed that the log files contained in the database (%appdata%/Bitcoin/database) folder don't seem to get purged properly. The only things I found about this is https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory#Subdirectories and https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/whats-a-typical-bitcoin-install-size-i-have-500mb-of-logxxxxxxx-files-20298 . The strange thing is that I'm regularly switching between 2 wallets, every time switching the whole content of %appdata%/Bitcoin, and both don't have the same amount of files in %appdata%/Bitcoin/database. Is there any way to purge that folder? I mean, apart from wiping everything but the wallet? Not that that database folder is huge (yet), but I'm worrying about it growing indefinitely...
Thanks
I recently noticed that the log files contained in the database (%appdata%/Bitcoin/database) folder don't seem to get purged properly. The only things I found about this is https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory#Subdirectories and https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/whats-a-typical-bitcoin-install-size-i-have-500mb-of-logxxxxxxx-files-20298 . The strange thing is that I'm regularly switching between 2 wallets, every time switching the whole content of %appdata%/Bitcoin, and both don't have the same amount of files in %appdata%/Bitcoin/database. Is there any way to purge that folder? I mean, apart from wiping everything but the wallet? Not that that database folder is huge (yet), but I'm worrying about it growing indefinitely...
Thanks
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