Allow wallet files not in -walletdir directory

Remove restriction that -wallet filenames can only refer to files in the
-walletdir directory.

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/wallet/db.cpp b/src/wallet/db.cpp
index 88463d10b2..0ef3b7e926 100644
--- a/src/wallet/db.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/db.cpp
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ bool CDBEnv::Open(bool retry)
     boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
 
     fs::path pathIn = strPath;
+    TryCreateDirectories(pathIn);
     if (!LockDirectory(pathIn, ".walletlock")) {
         LogPrintf("Cannot obtain a lock on wallet directory %s. Another instance of bitcoin may be using it.\n", strPath);
         return false;
diff --git a/src/wallet/init.cpp b/src/wallet/init.cpp
index 6e243c0a09..11fd067b4b 100644
--- a/src/wallet/init.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/init.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ std::string GetWalletHelpString(bool showDebug)
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-spendzeroconfchange", strprintf(_("Spend unconfirmed change when sending transactions (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_SPEND_ZEROCONF_CHANGE));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-txconfirmtarget=<n>", strprintf(_("If paytxfee is not set, include enough fee so transactions begin confirmation on average within n blocks (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_TX_CONFIRM_TARGET));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-upgradewallet", _("Upgrade wallet to latest format on startup"));
-    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-wallet=<file>", _("Specify wallet file (within data directory)") + " " + strprintf(_("(default: %s)"), DEFAULT_WALLET_DAT));
+    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-wallet=<path>", _("Specify wallet database path. Can be specified multiple times to load multiple wallets. Path is interpreted relative to <walletdir> if it is not absolute, and will be created if it does not exist.") + " " + strprintf(_("(default: %s)"), DEFAULT_WALLET_DAT));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-walletbroadcast", _("Make the wallet broadcast transactions") + " " + strprintf(_("(default: %u)"), DEFAULT_WALLETBROADCAST));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-walletdir=<dir>", _("Specify directory to hold wallets (default: <datadir>/wallets if it exists, otherwise <datadir>)"));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-walletnotify=<cmd>", _("Execute command when a wallet transaction changes (%s in cmd is replaced by TxID)"));
@@ -230,14 +230,6 @@ bool VerifyWallets()
     std::set<fs::path> wallet_paths;
 
     for (const std::string& walletFile : gArgs.GetArgs("-wallet")) {
-        if (boost::filesystem::path(walletFile).filename() != walletFile) {
-            return InitError(strprintf(_("Error loading wallet %s. -wallet parameter must only specify a filename (not a path)."), walletFile));
-        }
-
-        if (SanitizeString(walletFile, SAFE_CHARS_FILENAME) != walletFile) {
-            return InitError(strprintf(_("Error loading wallet %s. Invalid characters in -wallet filename."), walletFile));
-        }
-
         fs::path wallet_path = fs::absolute(walletFile, GetWalletDir());
 
         if (fs::exists(wallet_path) && (!fs::is_regular_file(wallet_path) || fs::is_symlink(wallet_path))) {