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Diffstat (limited to 'src/rpc/blockchain.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/rpc/blockchain.cpp | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp index f49a333279..e828618a82 100644 --- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp +++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp @@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ UniValue pruneblockchain(const JSONRPCRequest& request) throw runtime_error( "pruneblockchain\n" "\nArguments:\n" - "1. \"height\" (int, required) The block height to prune up to.\n"); + "1. \"height\" (numeric, required) The block height to prune up to. May be set to a discrete height, or to a unix timestamp to prune based on block time.\n"); if (!fPruneMode) throw JSONRPCError(RPC_METHOD_NOT_FOUND, "Cannot prune blocks because node is not in prune mode."); @@ -831,6 +831,16 @@ UniValue pruneblockchain(const JSONRPCRequest& request) if (heightParam < 0) throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Negative block height."); + // Height value more than a billion is too high to be a block height, and + // too low to be a block time (corresponds to timestamp from Sep 2001). + if (heightParam > 1000000000) { + CBlockIndex* pindex = chainActive.FindLatestBefore(heightParam); + if (!pindex) { + throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR, "Could not find block before specified timestamp."); + } + heightParam = pindex->nHeight; + } + unsigned int height = (unsigned int) heightParam; unsigned int chainHeight = (unsigned int) chainActive.Height(); if (chainHeight < Params().PruneAfterHeight()) |