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backupwallet

backupwallet "destination" Safely copies the current wallet file to the specified destination, which can either be a directory or a path with a filename. Arguments: 1. destination (string, required) The destination directory or file Result: null (json null) Examples: > bitcoin-cli backupwallet "backup.dat" > curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "backupwallet", "params": ["backup.dat"]}' -H 'content-type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

Signature

backupwallet(destination: string) → any

Code samples

curl --user "$RPC_USER:$RPC_PASS" \
  --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"1.0","id":"docs","method":"backupwallet","params":["\"<destination>\""]}' \
  -H 'content-type: text/plain;' \
  http://127.0.0.1:8332/

Parameters

NameTypeReq.Description
destinationstringyesThe destination directory or file

Result

Type:  any

null (json null)

Source: services/core-node/bcore/src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp:575

C++ symbol: backupwallet