Bitcoin wallet.dat

How to create a rar file with any file matching a pattern (including subdirectories) on Windows.

forfiles /s /m wallet.dat /c "cmd /c echo @relpath" | "c:\Program Files\WinRAR\Rar.exe" a -dh -rr524288 wallets.rar @ RAR 4.20 Copyright (c) 1993-2012 Alexander Roshal 9 Jun 2012 Registered to zewaren Updating archive wallets.rar Updating .\Alphacoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\AmericanCoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\AndroidsToken\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Betacoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Bitcoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Colossuscoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\digitalcoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\eMark\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Fastcoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Feathercoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Florincoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Franko\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Gridcoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\IncaKoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Litecoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Luckycoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Namecoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\NetCoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\NovaCoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Ocoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Phoenixcoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\PPCoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Primecoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Protoshares\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Redcoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\RoyalCoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Terracoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Worldcoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\YaCoin\wallet.dat OK Updating .\Sexcoin\wallet.dat OK Done This example will find any file named wallet.dat and include it in the rar file. You can use wildchars in the pattern.

This will preserve the directory structure.

-dh allows you to add files that are in use by another process.

-rr524288 adds a recovery record to the archive,with the maximum number of sectors (never too cautious).

Checking the rar file

"c:\Program Files\WinRAR\Rar.exe" vb wallets.rar Alphacoin\wallet.dat AmericanCoin\wallet.dat AndroidsToken\wallet.dat Betacoin\wallet.dat Bitcoin\wallet.dat Colossuscoin\wallet.dat digitalcoin\wallet.dat eMark\wallet.dat Fastcoin\wallet.dat Feathercoin\wallet.dat Florincoin\wallet.dat Franko\wallet.dat Gridcoin\wallet.dat IncaKoin\wallet.dat Litecoin\wallet.dat Luckycoin\wallet.dat Namecoin\wallet.dat NetCoin\wallet.dat NovaCoin\wallet.dat Ocoin\wallet.dat Phoenixcoin\wallet.dat PPCoin\wallet.dat Primecoin\wallet.dat Protoshares\wallet.dat Redcoin\wallet.dat RoyalCoin\wallet.dat Terracoin\wallet.dat Worldcoin\wallet.dat YaCoin\wallet.dat Sexcoin\wallet.dat