merge bitcoin#20080: Strip any trailing / in -datadir and -blocksdir paths

src/test/util_tests.cpp

@@ -52,6 +52,28 @@ namespace BCLog {
 
 BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(util_tests, BasicTestingSetup)
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_datadir)
+{
+    ClearDatadirCache();
+    const fs::path dd_norm = GetDataDir();
+
+    gArgs.ForceSetArg("-datadir", dd_norm.string() + "/");
+    ClearDatadirCache();
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(dd_norm, GetDataDir());
+
+    gArgs.ForceSetArg("-datadir", dd_norm.string() + "/.");
+    ClearDatadirCache();
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(dd_norm, GetDataDir());
+
+    gArgs.ForceSetArg("-datadir", dd_norm.string() + "/./");
+    ClearDatadirCache();
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(dd_norm, GetDataDir());
+
+    gArgs.ForceSetArg("-datadir", dd_norm.string() + "/.//");
+    ClearDatadirCache();
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(dd_norm, GetDataDir());
+}
+
 namespace {
 class NoCopyOrMove
 {

src/util/system.cpp

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #endif // __linux__
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <cassert>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
@@ -693,10 +694,9 @@ void PrintExceptionContinue(const std::exception_ptr pex, const char* pszExcepti
 
 fs::path GetDefaultDataDir()
 {
-    // Windows < Vista: C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\DashCore
+    // Windows: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\DashCore
-    // Windows >= Vista: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\DashCore
+    // macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/DashCore
-    // Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/DashCore
+    // Unix-like: ~/.dashcore
-    // Unix: ~/.dashcore
 #ifdef WIN32
     // Windows
     return GetSpecialFolderPath(CSIDL_APPDATA) / "DashCore";
@@ -708,15 +708,28 @@ fs::path GetDefaultDataDir()
     else
         pathRet = fs::path(pszHome);
 #ifdef MAC_OSX
-    // Mac
+    // macOS
     return pathRet / "Library/Application Support/DashCore";
 #else
-    // Unix
+    // Unix-like
     return pathRet / ".dashcore";
 #endif
 #endif
 }
 
+namespace {
+fs::path StripRedundantLastElementsOfPath(const fs::path& path)
+{
+    auto result = path;
+    while (result.filename().string() == ".") {
+        result = result.parent_path();
+    }
+
+    assert(fs::equivalent(result, path));
+    return result;
+}
+} // namespace
+
 static fs::path g_blocks_path_cache_net_specific;
 static fs::path pathCached;
 static fs::path pathCachedNetSpecific;
@@ -744,6 +757,7 @@ const fs::path &GetBlocksDir()
     path /= BaseParams().DataDir();
     path /= "blocks";
     fs::create_directories(path);
+    path = StripRedundantLastElementsOfPath(path);
     return path;
 }
 
@@ -774,6 +788,7 @@ const fs::path &GetDataDir(bool fNetSpecific)
         fs::create_directories(path / "wallets");
     }
 
+    path = StripRedundantLastElementsOfPath(path);
     return path;
 }