From 7f1de3fec895bfcfcc67ce69be8dc4ad721ca6d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: R E Broadley <rebroad+github@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 17:13:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make truncating the debug.log file an option.
Useful for developers who need to refer to futher back in debug.log history, but who don't want to
enable the -debug option and all the verbosity that comes with that.
---
src/init.cpp | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index bb9334263..d06664c29 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage()
" -debug " + _("Output extra debugging information. Implies all other -debug* options") + "\n" +
" -debugnet " + _("Output extra network debugging information") + "\n" +
" -logtimestamps " + _("Prepend debug output with timestamp") + "\n" +
+ " -shrinkdebugfile " + _("Shrink debug.log file on client startup (default: 1 when no -debug)") + "\n" +
" -printtoconsole " + _("Send trace/debug info to console instead of debug.log file") + "\n" +
#ifdef WIN32
" -printtodebugger " + _("Send trace/debug info to debugger") + "\n" +
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@ bool AppInit2()
}
#endif
- if (!fDebug)
+ if (GetBoolArg("-shrinkdebugfile", !fDebug))
ShrinkDebugFile();
printf("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n");
printf("Bitcoin version %s (%s)\n", FormatFullVersion().c_str(), CLIENT_DATE.c_str());