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diff --git a/doc/files.md b/doc/files.md index 5657b1e6cb..85c27f3fd0 100644 --- a/doc/files.md +++ b/doc/files.md @@ -1,25 +1,26 @@ - -* banlist.dat: stores the IPs/Subnets of banned nodes -* bitcoin.conf: contains configuration settings for bitcoind or bitcoin-qt -* bitcoind.pid: stores the process id of bitcoind while running -* blocks/blk000??.dat: block data (custom, 128 MiB per file); since 0.8.0 -* blocks/rev000??.dat; block undo data (custom); since 0.8.0 (format changed since pre-0.8) -* blocks/index/*; block index (LevelDB); since 0.8.0 -* chainstate/*; block chain state database (LevelDB); since 0.8.0 -* database/*: BDB database environment; only used for wallet since 0.8.0; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0 -* db.log: wallet database log file; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0 -* debug.log: contains debug information and general logging generated by bitcoind or bitcoin-qt -* fee_estimates.dat: stores statistics used to estimate minimum transaction fees and priorities required for confirmation; since 0.10.0 -* indexes/txindex/*: optional transaction index database (LevelDB); since 0.17.0 -* mempool.dat: dump of the mempool's transactions; since 0.14.0. -* peers.dat: peer IP address database (custom format); since 0.7.0 -* wallet.dat: personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0 -* wallets/database/*: BDB database environment; used for wallets since 0.16.0 -* wallets/db.log: wallet database log file; since 0.16.0 -* wallets/wallet.dat: personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; since 0.16.0 -* .cookie: session RPC authentication cookie (written at start when cookie authentication is used, deleted on shutdown): since 0.12.0 -* onion_private_key: cached Tor hidden service private key for `-listenonion`: since 0.12.0 -* guisettings.ini.bak: backup of former GUI settings after `-resetguisettings` is used +Filename | Description +--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +banlist.dat | stores the IPs/Subnets of banned nodes +bitcoin.conf | contains configuration settings for bitcoind or bitcoin-qt +bitcoind.pid | stores the process id of bitcoind while running +blocks/blk000??.dat | block data (custom, 128 MiB per file); since 0.8.0 +blocks/rev000??.dat | block undo data (custom); since 0.8.0 (format changed since pre-0.8) +blocks/index/* | block index (LevelDB); since 0.8.0 +chainstate/* | blockchain state database (LevelDB); since 0.8.0 +database/* | BDB database environment; only used for wallet since 0.8.0; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0 +db.log | wallet database log file; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0 +debug.log | contains debug information and general logging generated by bitcoind or bitcoin-qt +fee_estimates.dat | stores statistics used to estimate minimum transaction fees and priorities required for confirmation; since 0.10.0 +indexes/txindex/* | optional transaction index database (LevelDB); since 0.17.0 +mempool.dat | dump of the mempool's transactions; since 0.14.0 +peers.dat | peer IP address database (custom format); since 0.7.0 +wallet.dat | personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; moved to wallets/ directory on new installs since 0.16.0 +wallets/database/* | BDB database environment; used for wallets since 0.16.0 +wallets/db.log | wallet database log file; since 0.16.0 +wallets/wallet.dat | personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions; since 0.16.0 +.cookie | session RPC authentication cookie (written at start when cookie authentication is used, deleted on shutdown): since 0.12.0 +onion_private_key | cached Tor hidden service private key for `-listenonion`: since 0.12.0 +guisettings.ini.bak | backup of former GUI settings after `-resetguisettings` is used Only used in pre-0.8.0 --------------------- |