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bitcoin-qt bash script to make bootstrap.dat of all the blocks, and check that the client is shutdown, if that matters
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| #! /bin/bash | |
| echo $PWD | |
| if ps aux | grep -q "[b]itcoin" ; then | |
| echo "bitcoin is running, shut it down before running this script again" | |
| ps aux | grep "[b]itcoin" | |
| exit | |
| fi | |
| for i in blk*.dat | |
| do | |
| sec="$(date +%S)" | |
| echo $i ">>" "bootstrap.dat" $sec | |
| cat $i >> bootstrap.dat | |
| done |
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as pointed out on IRC, this script does not create a exact duplica of the torrent data of jgarzik. This is because of stale blocks (not included because they waste space), zero-padding (block files are preallocated). The script does work and you can use the file it create, but its not a deterministic copy, meaning its unique to your client.