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Roy Keene edited this page Jan 2, 2019 · 5 revisions

Nano folder contains:

  • wallets backup
  • log files
  • blockchain
  • config.json

Locations across platforms:

Windows: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Nano\
OSX: /Users/<user>/Library/Nano/
Linux: /home/<user>/Nano/

Some users desire to change the blockchain download location, be it as a result of a full disk, interrupts impacting responsiveness or whatever - whilst a solution is available for the nogui nano_node (see https://github.com/nanocurrency/nano-node/issues/79), no concrete solution is available for the GUI client. However, a workaround can be acheived via the use of symbolic links. Here is a short and sweet tutorial for the windows builds - I trust that Linux users will know how to create symlinks :] (as for OSX, I don't own a machine that runs it).

  1. Rename/delete the Nano folder in your appdata Local folder (if you haven't run the wallet yet, skip this step). This is necessary because the command to create a symbolic link in windows will fail if the the input directory already exists.
  2. Decide on where you want to store the blockchain and create a symbolic link. The command is (in an administrative command-prompt): mklink /d "C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Nano\" "E:\Some\Other\Directory". This command creates a symbolic link for a directory (/d) that 'redirects' all requests for files/directories in the Local\Nano folder to the Other\Directory. This means that a file created in the input directory will actually be in the output directory (on the other disk).
  3. Verify it works. Create a file in your Nano folder in your appdata, and you should see it appear in the directory you linked it to (and vice-versa). If you have old wallets or a partially-downloaded blockchain, copy them back into the local directory. Start the wallet.
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