copying the crypto wallets to a new sdd on linux

[bitcoin talk]

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.

[Catenaccio]

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.

[ABCbits]

By default, rsync already copy "hidden" folder and files that start with full stop character. Have you verified that the actual Electrum wallet file isn't exist with command such as ls -la ~/.electrum/wallets or through file explorer while showing hidden folder/files?

[BitMaxz]

That's hidden; that is why you can't see the Electrum if you are using a file manager just press Ctrl+H to view them. 

Why not just install a new Electrum wallet instead of a new SSD and copy only important files like the wallet file that contains your keys and transactions and block_headers if you don't want Electrum to resync.

Just adding this from the other directory: if you installed your Electrum through Flatpak, then you have a different path:

Code:

~/.var/app/org.electrum.electrum/data/electrum/

If via snap:

Code:

~/snap/electrum/current/.electrum/