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Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/files.md | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes.md | 2 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/files.md b/doc/files.md index 3d603445fb..2eac7ed664 100644 --- a/doc/files.md +++ b/doc/files.md @@ -6,13 +6,16 @@ * 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 -* db.log: wallet database log file +* 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 * 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 +* 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 diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 78caddc8f0..9ff567d680 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Custom wallet directories The ability to specify a directory other than the default data directory in which to store wallets has been added. An existing directory can be specified using the `-walletdir=<dir>` argument. Wallets loaded via `-wallet` arguments must be in this wallet directory. Care should be taken -when choosing a wallet directory location, as if it becomes unavailable during operation, +when choosing a wallet directory location, as if it becomes unavailable during operation, funds may be lost. Default wallet directory change |