user30511: I have experience with secure-copy and secure-download but how do I move only the Bitcoin Client "blocks" and "chainstate" folders within the home directory of Ubuntu 18.04 to an external USB hard-drive while running the Bitcoin Client on the connected laptop with limited storage on board?  I'd sincerely appreciate the best-practice or recommended approach for hosting a Bitcoin full-node on a laptop with an external USB hard-drive since I am also attempting to run Blockstream and FIBRE on this environment- thank you

user101195: Also, after bitcoin(d)  link creates the ~/.bitcoin folder, you can add a link to external drive.
cd ~/.bitcoin
rm -rf ./blocks
rm -rf ./chainstate
ln -s /data/btc_blocks ./blocks
ln -s /data/btc_chainstate ./chainstate

remove original block and chainstate though.

30511: <p>I have experience with <a href="https://www.alexanderjsingleton.com/how-to-run-a-bitcoin-full-node-on-a-raspberry-pi-b/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">secure-copy</a> and <a href="https://www.alexanderjsingleton.com/running-lightning-on-a-raspberry-pi-with-raspiblitz/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">secure-download</a> but how do I move <strong><em>only</em></strong> the Bitcoin Client "blocks" and "chainstate" folders within the home directory of Ubuntu 18.04 to an external USB hard-drive while running the Bitcoin Client on the connected laptop with limited storage on board?  I'd sincerely appreciate the best-practice or recommended approach for hosting a Bitcoin full-node on a laptop with an external USB hard-drive since I am also attempting to run Blockstream and FIBRE on this environment- thank you</p>
 101195: <p>Also, after bitcoin(d)  link creates the ~/.bitcoin folder, you can add a link to external drive.</p>

<pre><code>cd ~/.bitcoin
rm -rf ./blocks
rm -rf ./chainstate
ln -s /data/btc_blocks ./blocks
ln -s /data/btc_chainstate ./chainstate
</code></pre>

<p>remove original block and chainstate though.</p>
