#!/usr/bin/env python3 # Copyright (c) 2018-2021 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.""" 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 get_node_output(self, *, ret_code_expected): ret_code = self.nodes[0].process.wait(timeout=60) assert_equal(ret_code, ret_code_expected) self.nodes[0].stdout.seek(0) self.nodes[0].stderr.seek(0) out = self.nodes[0].stdout.read() err = self.nodes[0].stderr.read() self.nodes[0].stdout.close() self.nodes[0].stderr.close() # Clean up TestNode state self.nodes[0].running = False self.nodes[0].process = None self.nodes[0].rpc_connected = False self.nodes[0].rpc = None return out, err def run_test(self): self.log.info("Start bitcoin with -h for help text") self.nodes[0].start(extra_args=['-h']) # Node should exit immediately and output help to stdout. output, _ = self.get_node_output(ret_code_expected=0) assert b'Options' in output self.log.info(f"Help text received: {output[0:60]} (...)") self.log.info("Start bitcoin with -version for version information") self.nodes[0].start(extra_args=['-version']) # Node should exit immediately and output version to stdout. output, _ = self.get_node_output(ret_code_expected=0) assert b'version' in output self.log.info(f"Version text received: {output[0:60]} (...)") # Test that arguments not in the help results in an error self.log.info("Start bitcoind with -fakearg to make sure it does not start") self.nodes[0].start(extra_args=['-fakearg']) # Node should exit immediately and output an error to stderr _, output = self.get_node_output(ret_code_expected=1) assert b'Error parsing command line arguments' in output self.log.info(f"Error message received: {output[0:60]} (...)") if __name__ == '__main__': HelpTest(__file__).main()