Merge pull request #1173 from andreabonel/fix_issue_1120

Fix location for default cookie path

Author: psgreco

src/rpc/request.cpp

@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ static fs::path GetMainchainAuthCookieFile()
     if (gArgs.GetChainName() == "liquidv1") {
         cookie_file = ".cookie";
     }
-    std::string path = gArgs.GetArg("-mainchainrpccookiefile", cookie_file);
-    return AbsPathForConfigVal(fs::path(path));
+    return fsbridge::AbsPathJoin(GetMainchainDefaultDataDir(), gArgs.GetArg("-mainchainrpccookiefile", cookie_file));
 }
 
 bool GetMainchainAuthCookie(std::string *cookie_out)

src/util/system.cpp

@@ -827,6 +827,31 @@ fs::path GetDefaultDataDir()
 }
 #endif
 
+fs::path GetMainchainDefaultDataDir()
+{
+    // Windows: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
+    // macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin
+    // Unix-like: ~/.bitcoin
+#ifdef WIN32
+    // Windows
+    return GetSpecialFolderPath(CSIDL_APPDATA) / "Bitcoin";
+#else
+    fs::path pathRet;
+    char* pszHome = getenv("HOME");
+    if (pszHome == nullptr || strlen(pszHome) == 0)
+        pathRet = fs::path("/");
+    else
+        pathRet = fs::path(pszHome);
+#ifdef MAC_OSX
+    // macOS
+    return pathRet / "Library/Application Support/Bitcoin";
+#else
+    // Unix-like
+    return pathRet / ".bitcoin";
+#endif
+#endif
+}
+
 bool CheckDataDirOption()
 {
     std::string datadir = gArgs.GetArg("-datadir", "");

src/util/system.h

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ void ReleaseDirectoryLocks();
 
 bool TryCreateDirectories(const fs::path& p);
 fs::path GetDefaultDataDir();
+fs::path GetMainchainDefaultDataDir();
 // Return true if -datadir option points to a valid directory or is not specified.
 bool CheckDataDirOption();
 fs::path GetConfigFile(const std::string& confPath);