Function HelpMessage

src/init.cpp:209–330

Core-specific options shared between UI, daemon and RPC client

// Core-specific options shared between UI, daemon and RPC client
string HelpMessage() {
    string strUsage = _("Options:") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -?                     " + _("This help message") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -alertnotify=<cmd>     " + _("Execute command when a relevant alert is received or we see a really long fork (%s in cmd is replaced by message)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -blocknotify=<cmd>     " + _("Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by block hash)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -checkblocks=<n>       " + _("How many blocks to check at startup (default: 288, 0 = all)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -checklevel=<n>        " + _("How thorough the block verification of -checkblocks is (0-4, default: 3)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -conf=<file>           " + _("Specify configuration file (default: ") + IniCfg().GetCoinName() + ".conf)" + "\n";
#if !defined(WIN32)
    strUsage += "  -daemon                " + _("Run in the background as a daemon and accept commands") + "\n";
#endif
    strUsage += "  -datadir=<dir>         " + _("Specify data directory") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -dbcache=<n>           " + strprintf(_("Set database cache size in megabytes (%d to %d, default: %d)"), MIN_DB_CACHE, MAX_DB_CACHE, DEFAULT_DB_CACHE) + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -loadblock=<file>      " + _("Imports blocks from external blk000??.dat file") + " " + _("on startup") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -pid=<file>            " + _("Specify pid file (default: coin.pid)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -reindex               " + _("Rebuild block chain index from current blk000??.dat files") + " " + _("on startup") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -txindex               " + _("Maintain a full transaction index (default: 0)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -txtrace               " + _("Maintain trace of transaction (default: 1)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -logfailures           " + _("Log failures into level db in detail (default: 0)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -genreceipt            " + _("Whether generate receipt(default: 0)") + "\n";

    strUsage += "\n" + _("Connection options:") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -addnode=<ip>          " + _("Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -banscore=<n>          " + _("Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: 100)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -bantime=<n>           " + _("Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default: 86400)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -bind=<addr>           " + _("Bind to given address and always listen on it. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -connect=<ip>          " + _("Connect only to the specified node(s)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -discover              " + _("Discover own IP address (default: 1 when listening and no -externalip)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -dns                   " + _("Allow DNS lookups for -addnode, -seednode and -connect") + " " + _("(default: 1)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -dnsseed               " + _("Query for peer addresses via DNS lookup, if low on addresses (default: 1 unless -connect)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -forcednsseed          " + _("Always query for peer addresses via DNS lookup (default: 0)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -externalip=<ip>       " + _("Specify your own public address") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -listen                " + _("Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -maxconnections=<n>    " + _("Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: 125)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -maxreceivebuffer=<n>  " + _("Maximum per-connection receive buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 5000)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -maxsendbuffer=<n>     " + _("Maximum per-connection send buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 1000)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -onion=<ip:port>       " + _("Use separate SOCKS5 proxy to reach peers via Tor hidden services (default: -proxy)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -onlynet=<net>         " + _("Only connect to nodes in network <net> (IPv4, IPv6 or Tor)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -port=<port>           " + _("Listen for connections on <port> (default: 8333 or testnet: 18333)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -proxy=<ip:port>       " + _("Connect through SOCKS proxy") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -ipserver=<server>     " + _("IP Reporting Service") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -seednode=<ip>         " + _("Connect to a node to retrieve peer addresses, and disconnect") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -socks=<n>             " + _("Select SOCKS version for -proxy (4 or 5, default: 5)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -timeout=<n>           " + _("Specify connection timeout in milliseconds (default: 5000)") + "\n";
#ifdef USE_UPNP
#if USE_UPNP
    strUsage += "  -upnp                  " + _("Use UPnP to map the listening port (default: 1 when listening)") + "\n";
#else
    strUsage += "  -upnp                  " + _("Use UPnP to map the listening port (default: 0)") + "\n";
#endif
#endif

#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
    strUsage += "\n" + _("Wallet options:") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -disablewallet         " + _("Do not load the wallet and disable wallet RPC calls") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -genblock              " + _("Generate blocks (default: 0)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -genblocklimit=<n>     " + _("Set the processor limit for when generation is on (-1 = unlimited, default: -1)") + "\n";
    strUsage += "  -keypool=<n>           " + _("Set key pool size to <n> (default: 100)") + "\n";