doc: Clarify -blocksdir usage

sangaman · furszy · commit 13a41194f8d6 · 2021-04-27T22:11:55.000-03:00
This commit attempts to clarify and correct the `-blocksdir` argument
description and default value. `-blocksdir` does not refer to the full
path to the actual `blocks` directory, but rather the root/parent
directory which contains the `blocks` directory. Accordingly, the
default value is `&lt;datadir&gt;` and not `&lt;datadir&gt;/blocks`. It also
attempts to clarify that only the `.dat` files containing block data are
impacted by `-blocksdir`, not the index files.
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-?", _("This help message"));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-version", _("Print version and exit"));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-alertnotify=<cmd>", _("Execute command when a relevant alert is received or we see a really long fork (%s in cmd is replaced by message)"));
-    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-blocksdir=<dir>", _("Specify blocks directory (default: <datadir>/blocks)"));
+    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-blocksdir=<dir>", _("Specify directory to hold blocks subdirectory for *.dat files (default: <datadir>)"));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-blocknotify=<cmd>", _("Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by block hash)"));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-checkblocks=<n>", strprintf(_("How many blocks to check at startup (default: %u, 0 = all)"), DEFAULT_CHECKBLOCKS));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-conf=<file>", strprintf(_("Specify configuration file (default: %s)"), PIVX_CONF_FILENAME));
