QA: Add -blocksdir test

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/functional/feature_blocksdir.py b/test/functional/feature_blocksdir.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+"""Test the blocksdir option.
+"""
+
+from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework, initialize_datadir
+
+import shutil
+import os
+
+class BlocksdirTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
+    def set_test_params(self):
+        self.setup_clean_chain = True
+        self.num_nodes = 1
+
+    def run_test(self):
+        self.stop_node(0)
+        node0path = os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir, "node0")
+        shutil.rmtree(node0path)
+        initialize_datadir(self.options.tmpdir, 0)
+        self.log.info("Starting with non exiting blocksdir ...")
+        self.assert_start_raises_init_error(0, ["-blocksdir="+self.options.tmpdir+ "/blocksdir"], "Specified blocks director")
+        os.mkdir(self.options.tmpdir+ "/blocksdir")
+        self.log.info("Starting with exiting blocksdir ...")
+        self.start_node(0, ["-blocksdir="+self.options.tmpdir+ "/blocksdir"])
+        self.log.info("mining blocks..")
+        self.nodes[0].generate(10)
+        assert(os.path.isfile(self.options.tmpdir+ "/blocksdir/regtest/blocks/blk00000.dat"))
+        assert(os.path.isdir(self.options.tmpdir+ "/blocksdir/regtest/blocks/index"))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    BlocksdirTest().main()