#!/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])) # 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'], stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) # Node should exit immediately and output an error to stderr ret_code = self.nodes[0].process.wait(timeout=1) assert_equal(ret_code, 1) output = self.nodes[0].process.stderr.read() assert b'Error parsing command line arguments' in output self.log.info("Error message received: {} (...)".format(output[0:60])) # 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 if __name__ == '__main__': HelpTest().main()