Topic: Backing Up My Wallet (Read 1753 times)
I pasted grondilu's improvement back into the wiki.
Success. I didn't know that I was supposed to use my email address rather than my name.
* kiba is unfamiliar with cryptographic tool like GPG in general.
Code:
making backup...done
encrypting....usage: gpg [options] [filename]
failed
encrypting....usage: gpg [options] [filename]
failed
I believe it fails in the encryption stage.
Does it work if you try to encrypt the file yourself from the command line ?
This should be easy to debug, just try different things.
Code:
making backup...done
encrypting....usage: gpg [options] [filename]
failed
encrypting....usage: gpg [options] [filename]
failed
I believe it fails in the encryption stage.
/tmp/wallet20110124-04-46.crypt: No such file or directory
For some reason the file could not be encrypted.
Has the file /tmp/wallet20110124-04-46 been created by bitcoind backupwallet ?
I suspect backupwallet doesn't accept full pathnames
PS: Here is a proposal to make the script more robust :
Code:
#!/bin/bash
TS=$(date "+%Y%m%d-%H-%M")
WALLET=/tmp/wallet${TS}
WALLET_E=/tmp/wallet${TS}.crypt
if
echo -n making backup...
bitcoind backupwallet $WALLET
[[ ! -s "$WALLET" ]]
then echo failed
elif
echo done
echo -n encrypting....
! gpg -r myusername --output $WALLET_E --encrypt $WALLET
then echo failed
elif
echo done
echo -n copying to distant server...
! scp $WALLET_E [email protected]:~/wallets/
then echo failed
else echo done
fi
rm -f $WALLET $WALLET_E
TS=$(date "+%Y%m%d-%H-%M")
WALLET=/tmp/wallet${TS}
WALLET_E=/tmp/wallet${TS}.crypt
if
echo -n making backup...
bitcoind backupwallet $WALLET
[[ ! -s "$WALLET" ]]
then echo failed
elif
echo done
echo -n encrypting....
! gpg -r myusername --output $WALLET_E --encrypt $WALLET
then echo failed
elif
echo done
echo -n copying to distant server...
! scp $WALLET_E [email protected]:~/wallets/
then echo failed
else echo done
fi
rm -f $WALLET $WALLET_E
My saving is continuing to grow! So I sought a backup solution in case something bad happens.
I am using this script from the https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet#Linux_solution
But I am running into problems:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
TS=$(date "+%Y%m%d-%H-%M")
WALLET=/tmp/wallet${TS}
WALLET_E=/tmp/wallet${TS}.crypt
bitcoind backupwallet $WALLET
gpg -r myusername --output $WALLET_E --encrypt $WALLET
scp $WALLET_E [email protected]:~/wallets/
rm $WALLET $WALLET_E
TS=$(date "+%Y%m%d-%H-%M")
WALLET=/tmp/wallet${TS}
WALLET_E=/tmp/wallet${TS}.crypt
bitcoind backupwallet $WALLET
gpg -r myusername --output $WALLET_E --encrypt $WALLET
scp $WALLET_E [email protected]:~/wallets/
rm $WALLET $WALLET_E
I am using this script from the https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet#Linux_solution
But I am running into problems:
Code:
usage: gpg [options] [filename]
/tmp/wallet20110124-04-46.crypt: No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/wallet20110124-04-46.crypt': No such file or directory
/tmp/wallet20110124-04-46.crypt: No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/wallet20110124-04-46.crypt': No such file or directory
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