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-rw-r--r--cmd/geth/consolecmd.go7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go b/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
index 2bb452d73..051962be4 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
package main
import (
+ "fmt"
"os"
"os/signal"
"strings"
@@ -112,7 +113,11 @@ func localConsole(ctx *cli.Context) error {
// console to it.
func remoteConsole(ctx *cli.Context) error {
// Attach to a remotely running geth instance and start the JavaScript console
- client, err := dialRPC(ctx.Args().First())
+ endpoint := ctx.Args().First()
+ if endpoint == "" && ctx.GlobalIsSet(utils.DataDirFlag.Name) {
+ endpoint = fmt.Sprintf("%s/geth.ipc", ctx.GlobalString(utils.DataDirFlag.Name))
+ }
+ client, err := dialRPC(endpoint)
if err != nil {
utils.Fatalf("Unable to attach to remote geth: %v", err)
}