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author | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2019-05-13 12:45:59 -0400 |
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committer | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2019-05-13 12:46:03 -0400 |
commit | 667a8617418d837092de5b37568d60b372519462 (patch) | |
tree | fd9097435db5495542d9672a2694f9070223aacc /src | |
parent | e79bbb73e08e3f191e97d3b67a2fbb510c5545ff (diff) | |
parent | ccc27bdcd2d91fe2c023ad004019d5b970f21dbf (diff) | |
download | bitcoin-667a8617418d837092de5b37568d60b372519462.tar.xz |
Merge #14364: doc: Clarify -blocksdir usage
ccc27bdcd2 doc: Clarify -blocksdir usage (Daniel McNally)
Pull request description:
This PR attempts to clarify and correct the `-blocksdir` argument description and default value. `-blocksdir` does not refer to the full path to the actual `blocks` directory, but rather the root/parent directory which contains the `blocks` directory. Accordingly, the default value is `<datadir>` and not `<datadir>/blocks` - this behavior of defaulting to the datadir can also be seen in init.cpp:
```cpp
if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-blocksdir")) {
path = fs::system_complete(gArgs.GetArg("-blocksdir", ""));
if (!fs::is_directory(path)) {
path = "";
return path;
}
} else {
path = GetDataDir(false);
}
```
It also attempts to clarify that only the `.dat` files containing block data are impacted by `-blocksdir`, not the index files.
I believe this would close #12828.
ACKs for commit ccc27b:
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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r-- | src/init.cpp | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp index b6c0f43bbf..c5deb12bd4 100644 --- a/src/init.cpp +++ b/src/init.cpp @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ void SetupServerArgs() gArgs.AddArg("-version", "Print version and exit", false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS); gArgs.AddArg("-alertnotify=<cmd>", "Execute command when a relevant alert is received or we see a really long fork (%s in cmd is replaced by message)", false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS); gArgs.AddArg("-assumevalid=<hex>", strprintf("If this block is in the chain assume that it and its ancestors are valid and potentially skip their script verification (0 to verify all, default: %s, testnet: %s)", defaultChainParams->GetConsensus().defaultAssumeValid.GetHex(), testnetChainParams->GetConsensus().defaultAssumeValid.GetHex()), false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS); - gArgs.AddArg("-blocksdir=<dir>", "Specify blocks directory (default: <datadir>/blocks)", false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS); + gArgs.AddArg("-blocksdir=<dir>", "Specify directory to hold blocks subdirectory for *.dat files (default: <datadir>)", false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS); gArgs.AddArg("-blocknotify=<cmd>", "Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by block hash)", false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS); gArgs.AddArg("-blockreconstructionextratxn=<n>", strprintf("Extra transactions to keep in memory for compact block reconstructions (default: %u)", DEFAULT_BLOCK_RECONSTRUCTION_EXTRA_TXN), false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS); gArgs.AddArg("-blocksonly", strprintf("Whether to operate in a blocks only mode (default: %u)", DEFAULT_BLOCKSONLY), true, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS); |