Multiple wallets using the same (linked) blockchain folder?

crowning

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I'm using several wallets under Linux and getting all synced needs a lot of time.

Is it a problem letting one wallet sync and put softlinks to its blocks and blockchain folders into the base directory of the other wallets as long as there's always only one single wallet running?

I tried it and it worked, but I'd like to verify if this could cause problems...
 
Why don't you just copy the folder(s)? Space should not be an issue (yet)...

Actually that's what I do now, but softlinks are much more convenient. I don't have to remember to copy folders (a cron-job would do the job of course, but when I start a wallet _while_ it's copied things get messy), I don't have to exclude them from backups, you name it...
 
Does not work on windows:
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Does not work on windows:
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Works for me.

Examples, these are from shortcuts:

Normal wallet: C:\darkcoin\darkcoin-qt.exe -datadir=C:\darkcoin -wallet=MN1_wallet.dat

Masternode cold wallet: C:\darkcoin\darkcoin-qt.exe -datadir=C:\darkcoin -wallet=MN1_wallet.dat -conf=MN1.conf

And wallet and conf are in C:\darkcoin folder.
 
Yes, and base folder can be anywhere you want.
And it must include darkcoin-qt.exe, your wallet(s) and conf(s).
 
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