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-rwxr-xr-xtest/functional/feature_help.py42
-rwxr-xr-xtest/functional/test_runner.py1
2 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_help.py b/test/functional/feature_help.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1e62d7a409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/feature_help.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/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.
+"""Verify that starting bitcoin with -h works as expected."""
+import subprocess
+
+from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+from test_framework.util import assert_equal
+
+class HelpTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
+ def set_test_params(self):
+ self.setup_clean_chain = True
+ self.num_nodes = 1
+
+ def setup_network(self):
+ self.add_nodes(self.num_nodes)
+ # Don't start the node
+
+ def run_test(self):
+ self.log.info("Start bitcoin with -h for help text")
+ self.nodes[0].start(extra_args=['-h'], stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+ # Node should exit immediately and output help to stdout.
+ ret_code = self.nodes[0].process.wait(timeout=1)
+ assert_equal(ret_code, 0)
+ output = self.nodes[0].process.stdout.read()
+ assert b'Options' in output
+ self.log.info("Help text received: {} (...)".format(output[0:60]))
+ self.nodes[0].running = False
+
+ self.log.info("Start bitcoin with -version for version information")
+ self.nodes[0].start(extra_args=['-version'], stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+ # Node should exit immediately and output version to stdout.
+ ret_code = self.nodes[0].process.wait(timeout=1)
+ assert_equal(ret_code, 0)
+ output = self.nodes[0].process.stdout.read()
+ assert b'version' in output
+ self.log.info("Version text received: {} (...)".format(output[0:60]))
+ self.nodes[0].running = False
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ HelpTest().main()
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index 39f1180a45..a2e92dce3b 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ BASE_SCRIPTS= [
'p2p_node_network_limited.py',
'feature_blocksdir.py',
'feature_config_args.py',
+ 'feature_help.py',
# Don't append tests at the end to avoid merge conflicts
# Put them in a random line within the section that fits their approximate run-time
]