# Location of channel.backup on OS 0.5.0?
**URL:** https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341
**Category:** Support and Troubleshooting
**Created:** [June 19, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341 "2022-06-19T20:23:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@OrangePill21](https://community.umbrel.com/u/OrangePill21)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341/1 "2022-06-19T20:23:10Z")
Need some help please.
After restoring my Raspberry Pi4 with 1TB SSD from a hardware crash, I am unable to SCP my channel.backup file to my Umbrel running 0.5.0. I keep getting the error, “No such file or directory” and file does not copy. When I try to browse to to the /home/umbrel/umbrel/lnd/channel.backup file, it does not exist. Can someone please tell me what I’m missing?
This is the terminal error i receive:
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scp /Users/DesertPC/Desktop/channel.backup umbrel@umbrel.local:/home/umbrel/umbrel/lnd/channel.backup
umbrel@umbrel.local’s password:
/Users/DesertPC/Desktop/channel.backup: No such file or directory
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The backup file is being dragged and dropped into terminal window so the path should be good.
Any ideas?
Dave
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### Author:  [@Nigu](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Nigu)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341/2 "2022-06-20T23:43:33Z")
For what it’s worth, I found it here:
`/home/umbrel/umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd_backup/data/chain/bitcoin/mainnet/`
You can use `find . -name “channel.backup” to find it yourself.
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### Author:  [@OrangePill21](https://community.umbrel.com/u/OrangePill21)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341/3 "2022-06-21T00:01:13Z")
Thanks so much Nigu!
I’m differently on the right path now.
I have found the channel.backup file but I am still getting the error in terminal every time I try to copy it.
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Last login: Mon Jun 20 23:44:54 2022 from 10.0.1.18
**umbrel@umbrel** : **~ $** scp /Users/DesertPC/Desktop/channel.backup umbrel@umbrel.local:/umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/mainnet
umbrel@umbrel.local’s password:
/Users/DesertPC/Desktop/channel.backup: No such file or directory
**umbrel@umbrel** : **~ $**
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I am using a iMac and dragging and dropping the backup file directly into the terminal window to generate the path. Not sure why I’m getting the error. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Dave
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### Author:  [@lost\_knight](https://community.umbrel.com/u/lost_knight)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341/4 "2022-06-21T00:24:39Z")
I am trying the opposite, which is to take the channel.backup file from umbrel to my Macbook.
I also cannot cd to home/umbrel/umbrel/lnd/channel.backup after ssh into my umbrel.
Not sure if I use correct command syntax. Pls help advise.
Thanks,
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### Author:  [@Nigu](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Nigu)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341/5 "2022-06-21T00:58:22Z")
@lost_knight: You should probably use /home/… (you need to add the first backslash)
@OrangePill21: it’s because the file does not exist in the path you are specifying locally. Maybe `cd` into that folder to check.
I am not from Umbrel, just came here because I’m having issues myself.
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### Author:  [@lost\_knight](https://community.umbrel.com/u/lost_knight)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341/6 "2022-06-21T01:05:38Z")
I did add the backslash and the result unchanged.
When I ls umbrel, it does not show any lnd folder.
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### Author:  [@OrangePill21](https://community.umbrel.com/u/OrangePill21)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341/7 "2022-06-21T23:51:47Z")
I used the “ls” command to list the files in each folder and the “cd” to change directories. With this, I was able to find the channel.backup file at the following location:
/umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/mainnet
Once there, with the LS command, you can see the channel.backup file.
See if that helps.
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### Author:  [@lost\_knight](https://community.umbrel.com/u/lost_knight)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341/8 "2022-06-23T12:15:49Z")
> [@OrangePill21](#):
>
> /umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/mainnet
It does help. But i need to add “~” before the path. My full path is “~/umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/mainnet”.
I see the backup channel file but not too sure if it it the file of the previous lightning node instance or of the current instance. Because I reinstalled lightning immediately after realizing my mistake and downloaded a channel backup file already.
By the way, mayak replied and I provided him my backup ID. Will keep you posted.
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### Author:  [@lost\_knight](https://community.umbrel.com/u/lost_knight)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341/9 "2022-06-29T11:47:28Z")
I still not yet received the channel.backup file from @mayank
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### Author:  [@mayank](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mayank)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341/10 "2022-06-30T13:40:14Z")
Sorry about that @lost_knight. It looks like no backup exists for the backup ID I received. I think it’s probably because it’s your new backup ID. Can you please DM me your previous backup ID? You can get it by running this on your Umbrel:
```auto
SEED="absorb salt terrific home..."
```
(Replace the words with your 24 words, all separated by a space)
Then run this and it would output your backup ID:
```auto
printf "%s" "umbrel_backup_id" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "$SEED"
```
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### Author:  [@lost\_knight](https://community.umbrel.com/u/lost_knight)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341/11 "2022-07-01T23:54:02Z")
Sent it to you in DM @mayank
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### Author:  [@lost\_knight](https://community.umbrel.com/u/lost_knight)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341/12 "2022-07-16T08:17:20Z")
Hi @mayank
I am still waiting for your help on the most recent backup file. I sent you the old backup ID.
Thanks,
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### Author:  [@lost\_knight](https://community.umbrel.com/u/lost_knight)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/location-of-channel-backup-on-os-0-5-0/8341/13 "2022-07-20T13:34:49Z")
@mayank, help me with my latest 2 questions.
Thanks,