From 4ae5e72128f605d0fc25bba1d42c0434375d712e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 10:10:01 +0200 Subject: Show error message if ReadConfigFile fails A runaway exception was raised if ReadConfigFile fails (usually due to a parse error in bitcoin.conf). Show an error message instead. Fixes #4013. --- src/bitcoin-cli.cpp | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'src/bitcoin-cli.cpp') diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp index 817369fe9..ca6950a16 100644 --- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp +++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp @@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ static bool AppInitRPC(int argc, char* argv[]) fprintf(stderr, "Error: Specified data directory \"%s\" does not exist.\n", mapArgs["-datadir"].c_str()); return false; } - ReadConfigFile(mapArgs, mapMultiArgs); + try { + ReadConfigFile(mapArgs, mapMultiArgs); + } catch(std::exception &e) { + fprintf(stderr,"Error reading configuration file: %s\n", e.what()); + return false; + } // Check for -testnet or -regtest parameter (TestNet() calls are only valid after this clause) if (!SelectParamsFromCommandLine()) { fprintf(stderr, "Error: Invalid combination of -regtest and -testnet.\n"); -- cgit v1.2.3