<p>Assuming you mean the wallet.dat file, yes, you can do that. There are no Operating System restrictions on the wallet.dat files (or any other files in the Bitcoin Core data directory).</p>

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Yes. I meant wallet.dat file.....Thanks for the reply! :)
Adi
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<p>Can we restore a windows environment .dat backup file into linux environment?</p>

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Wallet backup in heterogenous environment
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# Wallet backup in heterogenous environment

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-09)

Can we restore a windows environment .dat backup file into linux environment?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, wallet.dat


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-11-09. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Assuming you mean the wallet.dat file, yes, you can do that. There are no Operating System restrictions on the wallet.dat files (or any other files in the Bitcoin Core data directory).

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> **username_0**: Yes. I meant wallet.dat file.....Thanks for the reply! :)  

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