Most graceful way to close bitcoin client

Bitcoin Forum

May 09, 2024, 10:04:06 AM

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

News: Latest Bitcoin Core release: 27.0 [Torrent]

Home

Help

Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Bitcoin Technical Support > Most graceful way to close bitcoin client

Pages: [1]

« previous topic next topic »

Author

Topic: Most graceful way to close bitcoin client (Read 843 times)

jostmey (OP)

Full Member

Offline

Activity: 224
Merit: 100

Most graceful way to close bitcoin client

August 09, 2011, 06:41:30 PM

What is the most graceful way to close the bitcoin client software from a shell script?

I ask because I always want to leave the client running in the background, but periodically I will need to automatically close the program and backup the wallet file.

Search Bitcoin
Discover the bitcoin economy

1715249046

Hero Member

Offline

Posts: 1715249046

Ignore

1715249046

1715249046


	Report to moderator

1715249046

Hero Member

Offline

Posts: 1715249046

Ignore

1715249046


	Report to moderator

1715249046

Hero Member

Offline

Posts: 1715249046

Ignore

1715249046


	Report to moderator

The grue lurks in the darkest places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has ever been seen by the light of day, and few have survived its fearsome jaws to tell the tale.

Advertised sites are not endorsed by the Bitcoin Forum. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction.

1715249046

Hero Member

Offline

Posts: 1715249046

Ignore

1715249046


	Report to moderator

1715249046

Hero Member

Offline

Posts: 1715249046

Ignore

1715249046


	Report to moderator

1715249046

Hero Member

Offline

Posts: 1715249046

Ignore

1715249046


	Report to moderator

jimbo77

Member

Offline

Activity: 224
Merit: 10

Re: Most graceful way to close bitcoin client

August 09, 2011, 06:50:37 PM

kill should be fine.

JoelKatz

Legendary

Offline

Activity: 1596
Merit: 1012

Democracy is vulnerable to a 51% attack.

Re: Most graceful way to close bitcoin client

August 09, 2011, 06:54:19 PM

You know the client has a command to backup the wallet, right?

I am an employee of Ripple. Follow me on Twitter @JoelKatz
1Joe1Katzci1rFcsr9HH7SLuHVnDy2aihZ BM-NBM3FRExVJSJJamV9ccgyWvQfratUHgN

jostmey (OP)

Full Member

Offline

Activity: 224
Merit: 100

Re: Most graceful way to close bitcoin client

August 10, 2011, 03:31:27 AM

Quote from: JoelKatz on August 09, 2011, 06:54:19 PM

You know the client has a command to backup the wallet, right?

How do I call the command to backup the wallet file from an active process? And isn't the backup command only for the daemon, or is it for the GUI version too?

Search Bitcoin
Discover the bitcoin economy

EricJ2190

Full Member

Offline

Activity: 134
Merit: 102

Re: Most graceful way to close bitcoin client

August 10, 2011, 04:06:11 AM

Quote from: jostmey on August 10, 2011, 03:31:27 AM

Quote from: JoelKatz on August 09, 2011, 06:54:19 PM

You know the client has a command to backup the wallet, right?

How do I call the command to backup the wallet file from an active process? And isn't the backup command only for the daemon, or is it for the GUI version too?

The GUI will accept commands too if run with the "-server" option or if you specify "server=1" in bitcoin.conf. You can then use the "backupwallet" JSON-RPC command to backup the wallet. From the command-line, that would be "bitcoind backupwallet /output/file".

Pages: [1]

Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Bitcoin Technical Support > Most graceful way to close bitcoin client

« previous topic next topic »

Jump to: