I did not see electrum wallet when I copied my whole home directory over to another linux sdd. I used rsync command. Is there a right way to do this in linux? I am trying to back up my home directory, and ideally would like to see electrum there.
Electrum is a SPV wallet and you can copy the wallet file to a new directory, open the wallet file, and use it very quickly, almost instantly. With SPV wallets like Electrum, it only takes some seconds to connect to servers and sync.
How to back up your Electrum wallet.Electrum wallet directory: Where is my wallet file located?Where is the Electrum datadir located?
The data directory of Electrum is where wallet files, config settings, logs, blockchain headers, etc are stored.
On Windows:
Show hidden files
Go to \Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Electrum (or %APPDATA%\Electrum)
On Mac:
Open Finder
Go to folder (shift+cmd+G) and type ~/.electrum
On Linux:
Home Folder
Go -> Location and type ~/.electrum
Where is my wallet file located?
The default wallet file is called default_wallet, which is created when you first run the application and is located in the /wallets folder, inside the datadir.
