<p>In linux files and directories that start with a dot(.) are hidden by default. Inside ‘ home/(username)/snap/bitcoin-core/common’ try using ‘ls -la’ and you should be able to list hidden files or directories, in this case ‘.bitcoin’, hope this help!</p>

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<p>According to Bitcoin-QT (I am using the snap store version) my Datadir is</p>
<p><em>/home/(username)/snap/bitcoin-core/common/.bitcoin</em></p>
<p>and my Blocksdir is</p>
<p><em>home/(username)/snap/bitcoin-core/common/.bitcoin/blocks</em>.</p>
<p>However, when I navigate to <em>home/(username)/snap/bitcoin-core/common</em> the directory appears to be empty. Are the files hidden or something?</p>
<p>I ask because I need to move that stuff over to an external drive and point Bitcoin-QT to look for it there.</p>
<p>Also, when I go into settings and click &quot;open configuration file&quot; nothing happens.</p>
<p>When it's open Bitcoin-QT just starts syncing away. It's working fine. But I can't figure out where the data is going! Help much appreciated.</p>

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My Bitcoin-QT directories are empty? (Ubuntu)
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# My Bitcoin-QT directories are empty? (Ubuntu)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-04-17)

According to Bitcoin-QT (I am using the snap store version) my Datadir is

*/home/(username)/snap/bitcoin-core/common/.bitcoin*

and my Blocksdir is

*home/(username)/snap/bitcoin-core/common/.bitcoin/blocks*.

However, when I navigate to *home/(username)/snap/bitcoin-core/common* the directory appears to be empty. Are the files hidden or something?

I ask because I need to move that stuff over to an external drive and point Bitcoin-QT to look for it there.

Also, when I go into settings and click "open configuration file" nothing happens.

When it's open Bitcoin-QT just starts syncing away. It's working fine. But I can't figure out where the data is going! Help much appreciated.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, bitcoind, linux, ubuntu


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-04-17. Score: 2

In linux files and directories that start with a dot(.) are hidden by default. Inside ‘ home/(username)/snap/bitcoin-core/common’ try using ‘ls -la’ and you should be able to list hidden files or directories, in this case ‘.bitcoin’, hope this help!


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