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1# /etc/conf.d/bitcoind: config file for /etc/init.d/bitcoind3# Config file location4#BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE="/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf"6# What directory to write pidfile to? (created and owned by $BITCOIND_USER)7#BITCOIND_PIDDIR="/var/run/bitcoind"9# What filename to give the pidfile10#BITCOIND_PIDFILE="${BITCOIND_PIDDIR}/bitcoind.pid"12# Where to write bitcoind data (be mindful that the blockchain is large)13#BITCOIND_DATADIR="/var/lib/bitcoind"15# User and group to own bitcoind process16#BITCOIND_USER="bitcoin"17#BITCOIND_GROUP="bitcoin"19# Path to bitcoind executable20#BITCOIND_BIN="/usr/bin/bitcoind"22# Nice value to run bitcoind under23#BITCOIND_NICE=025# Additional options (avoid -conf and -datadir, use flags above)26#BITCOIND_OPTS=""28# The timeout in seconds OpenRC will wait for bitcoind to terminate29# after a SIGTERM has been raised.30# Note that this will be mapped as argument to start-stop-daemon's31# '--retry' option, which means you can specify a retry schedule32# here. For more information see man 8 start-stop-daemon.33BITCOIND_SIGTERM_TIMEOUT=600
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