From 851569f14e92507611b8a37a0e3824434ecf234d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Dan.. Noyes" <Reiuiji@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:29:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Updated config to allow the ability to change the home
 directory (#109)

Can use -A or --appdata to change the directory for dcrd to store files.
---
 config.go | 14 ++++++++++++++
 dcrd.go   |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 4592ed2b..5547b2b4 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ var runServiceCommand func(string) error
 //
 // See loadConfig for details on the configuration load process.
 type config struct {
+	DcrdHomeDir        string        `short:"A" long:"appdata" description:"Path to dcrd home directory"`
 	ShowVersion        bool          `short:"V" long:"version" description:"Display version information and exit"`
 	ConfigFile         string        `short:"C" long:"configfile" description:"Path to configuration file"`
 	DataDir            string        `short:"b" long:"datadir" description:"Directory to store data"`
@@ -313,6 +314,7 @@ func newConfigParser(cfg *config, so *serviceOptions, options flags.Options) *fl
 func loadConfig() (*config, []string, error) {
 	// Default config.
 	cfg := config{
+		DcrdHomeDir:       dcrdHomeDir,
 		ConfigFile:        defaultConfigFile,
 		DebugLevel:        defaultLogLevel,
 		MaxPeers:          defaultMaxPeers,
@@ -371,6 +373,18 @@ func loadConfig() (*config, []string, error) {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
+	// Update the home directory for dcrd if specified. Since the home
+	// directory is updated, other variables need to be updated to
+	// reflect the new changes.
+	if len(preCfg.DcrdHomeDir) > 0 {
+		cfg.DcrdHomeDir, _ = filepath.Abs(preCfg.DcrdHomeDir)
+		cfg.ConfigFile = filepath.Join(cfg.DcrdHomeDir, defaultConfigFilename)
+		cfg.DataDir = filepath.Join(cfg.DcrdHomeDir, defaultDataDirname)
+		cfg.RPCKey = filepath.Join(cfg.DcrdHomeDir, "rpc.key")
+		cfg.RPCCert = filepath.Join(cfg.DcrdHomeDir, "rpc.cert")
+		cfg.LogDir = filepath.Join(cfg.DcrdHomeDir, defaultLogDirname)
+	}
+
 	// Load additional config from file.
 	var configFileError error
 	parser := newConfigParser(&cfg, &serviceOpts, flags.Default)
diff --git a/dcrd.go b/dcrd.go
index 0329a4d0..3e071fb2 100644
--- a/dcrd.go
+++ b/dcrd.go
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ func dcrdMain(serverChan chan<- *server) error {
 
 	// Show version at startup.
 	dcrdLog.Infof("Version %s", version())
+	// Show dcrd home dir location
+	dcrdLog.Debugf("Dcrd home dir: %s", cfg.DcrdHomeDir)
 
 	// Enable http profiling server if requested.
 	if cfg.Profile != "" {