From be15b76c9bd4d1e7a29a477f2c1205dd591a9e2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasV <thomasv@electrum.org>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 10:10:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] allow client daemon to be launched in the foreground (fix
 #1873)

---
 electrum        | 13 +++++++------
 lib/commands.py |  2 +-
 lib/daemon.py   |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/electrum b/electrum
index c3e9cdbb7..03af58f13 100755
--- a/electrum
+++ b/electrum
@@ -342,14 +342,15 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     elif cmdname == 'daemon':
         subcommand = config.get('subcommand')
-        assert subcommand in ['start', 'stop', 'status']
-        if subcommand == 'start':
+        assert subcommand in [None, 'start', 'stop', 'status']
+        if subcommand in [None, 'start']:
             fd, server = daemon.get_fd_or_server(config)
             if fd is not None:
-                pid = os.fork()
-                if pid:
-                    print_stderr("starting daemon (PID %d)" % pid)
-                    sys.exit(0)
+                if subcommand == 'start':
+                    pid = os.fork()
+                    if pid:
+                        print_stderr("starting daemon (PID %d)" % pid)
+                        sys.exit(0)
                 init_plugins(config, 'cmdline')
                 d = daemon.Daemon(config, fd)
                 d.start()
diff --git a/lib/commands.py b/lib/commands.py
index 347f9497c..c78d8f522 100644
--- a/lib/commands.py
+++ b/lib/commands.py
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ def get_parser():
     add_network_options(parser_gui)
     # daemon
     parser_daemon = subparsers.add_parser('daemon', parents=[parent_parser], help="Run Daemon")
-    parser_daemon.add_argument("subcommand", choices=['start', 'status', 'stop'])
+    parser_daemon.add_argument("subcommand", choices=['start', 'status', 'stop'], nargs='?')
     #parser_daemon.set_defaults(func=run_daemon)
     add_network_options(parser_daemon)
     # commands
diff --git a/lib/daemon.py b/lib/daemon.py
index 22af8e47d..6fdc884cd 100644
--- a/lib/daemon.py
+++ b/lib/daemon.py
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ class Daemon(DaemonThread):
 
     def run_daemon(self, config):
         sub = config.get('subcommand')
-        assert sub in ['start', 'stop', 'status']
-        if sub == 'start':
+        assert sub in [None, 'start', 'stop', 'status']
+        if sub in [None, 'start']:
             response = "Daemon already running"
         elif sub == 'status':
             if self.network: