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-rw-r--r--src/qt/bitcoin.cpp5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
index ed5d47cad7..545dcef14a 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
@@ -495,10 +495,9 @@ int GuiMain(int argc, char* argv[])
if (!Intro::pickDataDirectory(*node))
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
- /// 6. Determine availability of data and blocks directory and parse bitcoin.conf
+ /// 6. Determine availability of data directory and parse bitcoin.conf
/// - Do not call GetDataDir(true) before this step finishes
- if (!fs::is_directory(GetDataDir(false)))
- {
+ if (!CheckDataDirOption()) {
node->initError(strprintf("Specified data directory \"%s\" does not exist.\n", gArgs.GetArg("-datadir", "")));
QMessageBox::critical(nullptr, PACKAGE_NAME,
QObject::tr("Error: Specified data directory \"%1\" does not exist.").arg(QString::fromStdString(gArgs.GetArg("-datadir", ""))));