chantools/doc/chantools_compactdb.md
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## chantools compactdb
Create a copy of a channel.db file in safe/read-only mode
### Synopsis
This command opens a database in read-only mode and tries
to create a copy of it to a destination file, compacting it in the process.
```
chantools compactdb [flags]
```
### Examples
```
chantools compactdb \
--sourcedb ~/.lnd/data/graph/mainnet/channel.db \
--destdb ./results/compacted.db
```
### Options
```
--destdb string new lnd channel.db file to copy the compacted database to
-h, --help help for compactdb
--sourcedb string lnd channel.db file to create the database backup from
--txmaxsize int maximum transaction size (default 65536)
```
### Options inherited from parent commands
```
--nologfile If set, no log file will be created. This is useful for testing purposes where we don't want to create a log file.
-r, --regtest Indicates if regtest parameters should be used
--resultsdir string Directory where results should be stored (default "./results")
-s, --signet Indicates if the public signet parameters should be used
-t, --testnet Indicates if testnet parameters should be used
--testnet4 Indicates if testnet4 parameters should be used
```
### SEE ALSO
* [chantools](chantools.md) - Chantools helps recover funds from lightning channels