So I’ve got the blockchain fully downloaded and I’m validating transactions. I’ve generated a z-addr. Now I’m wondering how to get my private keys/ recovery phrase in case my laptop fails. Is there a command for this?
so i ran exportdir=pathtomyexportdir, got no message, then ran
zcash-cli backupwallet backupname
and got this error
error code: -4
error message:
Cannot backup wallet until the -exportdir option has been set
You did not do this step first – include an export directory setting in your config file (zcash.conflocated in the data directory which is ~/.zcash/ unless it’s been overridden with datadir= setting):
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i thought i did that. what is the command?
It’s not a command it a file you need to manually edit located in the data directory
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so how do i navigate there from the /zcash directory
where ever the file is installed on your computer is where the config file is.
I do not have it installed so I can’t give you an exact location
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zcash.conf is in the following location (unless you specifically pass the -conf flag to zcashd)
Windows: %HOMEPATH%\AppData\Roaming\Zcash\zcash.conf
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Zcash/zcash.conf
Linux: ~/.zcash/zcash.conf
You can either add exportdir=pathtomyexportdir to that zcash.conf or add as an option when starting zcashd i.e. zcashd -exportdir=pathtomyexportdir plus whatever other options you may have. Either way you will need to restart zcashd so maybe that’s the issue? Stop with zcash-cli stop and then restart with that line in your zcash.conf.
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I exported it successfully, but the folder doesn’t appear where it should be… I’ve tried in terminal
> ls -a
also show hidden folders in the folder options. (ubuntu)
Any ideas,why?