Function pruneblockchain

src/rpc/blockchain.cpp:965–1012

}

static UniValue pruneblockchain(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
{
    if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() != 1)
        throw std::runtime_error(
            "pruneblockchain\n"
            "\nArguments:\n"
            "1. \"height\"       (numeric, required) The block height to prune up to. May be set to a discrete height, or a unix timestamp\n"
            "                  to prune blocks whose block time is at least 2 hours older than the provided timestamp.\n"
            "\nResult:\n"
            "n    (numeric) Height of the last block pruned.\n"
            "\nExamples:\n"
            + HelpExampleCli("pruneblockchain", "1000")
            + HelpExampleRpc("pruneblockchain", "1000"));

    if (!fPruneMode)
        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_MISC_ERROR, "Cannot prune blocks because node is not in prune mode.");

    LOCK(cs_main);

    int heightParam = request.params[0].get_int();
    if (heightParam < 0)
        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Negative block height.");

    // Height value more than a billion is too high to be a block height, and
    // too low to be a block time (corresponds to timestamp from Sep 2001).
    if (heightParam > 1000000000) {
        // Add a 2 hour buffer to include blocks which might have had old timestamps
        CBlockIndex* pindex = chainActive.FindEarliestAtLeast(heightParam - TIMESTAMP_WINDOW);
        if (!pindex) {
            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Could not find block with at least the specified timestamp.");
        }
        heightParam = pindex->nHeight;
    }

    unsigned int height = (unsigned int) heightParam;
    unsigned int chainHeight = (unsigned int) chainActive.Height();
    if (chainHeight < Params().PruneAfterHeight())
        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_MISC_ERROR, "Blockchain is too short for pruning.");
    else if (height > chainHeight)
        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Blockchain is shorter than the attempted prune height.");
    else if (height > chainHeight - MIN_BLOCKS_TO_KEEP) {
        LogPrint(BCLog::RPC, "Attempt to prune blocks close to the tip.  Retaining the minimum number of blocks.\n");
        height = chainHeight - MIN_BLOCKS_TO_KEEP;
    }

    PruneBlockFilesManual(height);
    return uint64_t(height);
}

static UniValue gettxoutsetinfo(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
{