Cannot copy blk dat files to new installation #2284

issue peawormsworth opened this issue on February 7, 2013

peawormsworth commented at 10:09 AM on February 7, 2013: none

copying the blk .dat files from a backup to a new installation produces an error:

EXCEPTION: St13runtime_error
CDB() : can't open database file blkindex.dat, error 22
bitcoin in Runaway exception

This may not actually be an error, because of this commit: #1119

If this is not an error, it would be ideal to have a solution posted somewhere for users who want to force a "clean" shutdown of the .dat files for backup/restore options.
Diapolo commented at 1:51 PM on February 7, 2013: none

Depends on your used version, but you should try to look at the -detachdb=1 switch..
gavinandresen commented at 2:51 PM on February 7, 2013: contributor

... or the RPC command 'stop true' which detaches databases before stopping.

This won't be an issue starting with the 0.8 release, because we don't store the blockchain in .dat files any more. Closing this issue.
gavinandresen closed this on Feb 7, 2013
MarcoFalke locked this on Sep 8, 2021

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