RPC client option: -rpcwait, to wait for server start #3283

pull gavinandresen wants to merge 1 commits into bitcoin:master from gavinandresen:rpcwait changing 2 files +11 −2

gavinandresen commented at 6:02 AM on November 20, 2013: contributor
I often want to run RPC command(s) as soon as I've started bitcoind.

This lets me do that without annoying sleeps or grepping debug.log; e.g.
```
bitcoin-cli -rpcwait getinfo
```
RPC client option: -rpcwait, to wait for server start 480e75ceab
BitcoinPullTester commented at 6:16 AM on November 20, 2013: none

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in src/init.cpp:None in 480e75ceab

 252 | @@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ bool static Bind(const CService &addr, unsigned int flags) {
 253 |      if (hmm == HMM_BITCOIND || hmm == HMM_BITCOIN_CLI)
 254 |      {
 255 |          strUsage += "  -rpcconnect=<ip>       " + _("Send commands to node running on <ip> (default: 127.0.0.1)") + "\n";
 256 | +        strUsage += "  -rpcwait               " + _("Wait for RPC server to start") + "\n";

laanwj commented at 7:32 AM on November 20, 2013:

Maybe "Wait for RPC server to be available"

laanwj commented at 8:31 AM on November 20, 2013: member

ACK
gavinandresen commented at 1:57 AM on November 21, 2013: contributor

Merging because I need this now for some regression tests I'm writing.
gavinandresen referenced this in commit 34f5b0ab93 on Nov 21, 2013
gavinandresen merged this on Nov 21, 2013
gavinandresen closed this on Nov 21, 2013
laanwj commented at 7:06 AM on November 21, 2013: member

I still think the proposed description would be somewhat better, as it doesn't only wait for start, but also when the server becomes unreachable for other reasons. Oh well...
gavinandresen deleted the branch on Mar 13, 2014
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