1 // Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
2 // This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
4 // The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 // it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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25 DefaultIPCSocket = "geth.ipc" // Default (relative) name of the IPC RPC socket
26 DefaultHTTPHost = "localhost" // Default host interface for the HTTP RPC server
27 DefaultHTTPPort = 8545 // Default TCP port for the HTTP RPC server
28 DefaultWSHost = "localhost" // Default host interface for the websocket RPC server
29 DefaultWSPort = 8546 // Default TCP port for the websocket RPC server
32 // DefaultDataDir is the default data directory to use for the databases and other
33 // persistence requirements.
34 func DefaultDataDir() string {
35 // Try to place the data folder in the user's home dir
38 if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
39 return filepath.Join(home, "Library", "Ethereum")
40 } else if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
41 return filepath.Join(home, "AppData", "Roaming", "Ethereum")
43 return filepath.Join(home, ".ethereum")
46 // As we cannot guess a stable location, return empty and handle later