datadir= doesn’t function in conf file (Qt GUI) #3905

1. 
   darkhosis commented at 7:22 pm on March 19, 2014: none

   Could be Windows only. Had to add -datadir=a:\bitcoin to bitcoin-qt shortcut.

   It’s specified as:

   datadir=a:\bitcoin

   in the bitcoin.conf file.

2. 
   laanwj commented at 7:42 pm on March 19, 2014: member

   Yeah, this is no longer possible with the GUI in 0.9.0.

   Try command line option -choosedatadir to set the default data directory without having to change the shortcut. It will be stored in the registry.

3. laanwj added the label GUI on Mar 19, 2014
4. 
   pmc01 commented at 8:11 pm on March 19, 2014: none

   Windows Bitcoin-QT ignores bitcoin.conf entirely, which is strange. Is this intentional?
5. 
   laanwj commented at 8:34 pm on March 19, 2014: member

   That’s not intentional. Also doesn’t match the behavior that I’ve seen.

   Which setting are you providing in bitcoin.conf that seems to be ignored?

   Have you changed the data directory? Are you providing any command line arguments? If so, which?

6. 
   pmc01 commented at 9:08 pm on March 19, 2014: none

   My mistake, I had bitcoin.conf in the old %appdata%\bitcoin location instead of the new datadir.
7. laanwj added the label Bug on Mar 22, 2014
8. 
   darkhosis commented at 8:56 pm on March 24, 2014: none

   Yeah, I was just about to add that comment. It ignores my .conf file completely. I don’t run my bitcoin client here very often (flash drive, re: datadir, etc) but I also noticed it didn’t even use the par setting, maxconnections, addnodes, etc.

   ed: hmm, nm. no clue why it doesn’t work. it fails on reindex in .conf file too.

9. 
   laanwj commented at 6:42 am on March 25, 2014: member

   It expects the .conf file in your data directory. That never changed. If you change your data directory it expects the .conf file there, too.
10. laanwj renamed this:
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    datadir= doesn't function in conf file (Qt GUI)
    on Mar 25, 2014
11. laanwj referenced this in commit c61fe44194 on Mar 25, 2014
12. 
    laanwj commented at 9:19 am on March 25, 2014: member

    See #3935 (please help testing)
13. 
    pmc01 commented at 5:06 pm on March 25, 2014: none

    I tested #3935 and it does restore the ability to change the bitcoin-qt datadir in the .conf file, and allows the .conf file to be in a directory separate from the datadir.
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