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Topic: .bitcoin folder on linux (Read 2040 times)

newbie
Activity: 26
Merit: 0
April 22, 2013, 01:26:35 PM
#3
Stop bitcoin-qt
mv .bitcoin /somewhere/with-more-space
ln -s /somewhere/with-more-space/.bitcoin

This moves both the wallet and the blockchain info.
legendary
Activity: 1974
Merit: 1029
April 20, 2013, 02:43:04 PM
#2
I'm  running out of space before bitcoin-qt can complete syncing. I'm running Ubuntu on an 8gig USB stick dedicated to be a wallet. doing a "df" command i see that over 6 gig has been allocated to /cdrom and is unused. I'm running the wallet in a sub folder of my home folder. the .bitcoin folder is showing up in my home folder.

My question is, is the location of the .bitcom folder hardcoded in the app. or is there some way to move it to where there is more space available. Or is there a way in ubuntu to move space between file systems?

Move the directory to a filesystem with enough space, then use the -datadir parameter to bitcoin.
hero member
Activity: 490
Merit: 501
April 20, 2013, 01:52:14 PM
#1
I'm  running out of space before bitcoin-qt can complete syncing. I'm running Ubuntu on an 8gig USB stick dedicated to be a wallet. doing a "df" command i see that over 6 gig has been allocated to /cdrom and is unused. I'm running the wallet in a sub folder of my home folder. the .bitcoin folder is showing up in my home folder.

My question is, is the location of the .bitcom folder hardcoded in the app. or is there some way to move it to where there is more space available. Or is there a way in ubuntu to move space between file systems?
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