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+#!/bin/sh
+#DATA_LOC="/media/SEAGATE/CRYPTO/monero/BLOCKCHAIN/"
+#DATA_LOC="$HOME/.local/share/monero/BLOCKCHAIN/"
+DATA_LOC="/media/SEAGATE/CRYPTO/monero/BLOCKCHAIN2/"
+WALLET_LOC="$HOME"/.local/wallets/monero/myWallet/myWallet
+
+#add this in /etc/security/limits.conf
+# $USER hard memlock 2048
+# $USER soft memlock 2048
+
+#ulimit -l 2048
+
+#monerod --data-dir "$DATA_LOC" --mining-threads 3 --detach 
+#sleep 60
+
+if [ "$1" = "-w" ]; then
+    monero-wallet-cli --wallet-file "$WALLET_LOC" 
+elif [ "$1" = "-i" ]; then 
+    mkdir -p "$DATA_LOC"
+    ulimit -l 2048
+    monerod --data-dir "$DATA_LOC" --prune-blockchain --max-concurrency=4 --detach
+    #monerod --data-dir "$DATA_LOC" --db-salvage
+    echo "sleeping..."
+    sleep 1200 
+    echo "Wallet started."
+else 
+    echo "-i  -> initialize, set ulimits and start monerod"
+    echo "-w  -> open wallet in cli"
+fi
+