From c77c6625f3fc88e461a9ec11672edb6a9d4cfd98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kirkalx <kirkalx@yahoo.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 22:45:11 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] peers.dat, banlist.dat recreated when missing

---
 src/net.cpp | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 48e9e1015..be00b2d3d 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -1941,8 +1941,10 @@ void StartNode(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
         CAddrDB adb;
         if (adb.Read(addrman))
             LogPrintf("Loaded %i addresses from peers.dat  %dms\n", addrman.size(), GetTimeMillis() - nStart);
-        else
+        else {
             LogPrintf("Invalid or missing peers.dat; recreating\n");
+            DumpAddresses();
+        }
     }
 
     uiInterface.InitMessage(_("Loading banlist..."));
@@ -1957,8 +1959,11 @@ void StartNode(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
         LogPrint("net", "Loaded %d banned node ips/subnets from banlist.dat  %dms\n",
             banmap.size(), GetTimeMillis() - nStart);
-    } else
+    } else {
         LogPrintf("Invalid or missing banlist.dat; recreating\n");
+        CNode::SetBannedSetDirty(true); // force write
+        DumpBanlist();
+    }
 
     fAddressesInitialized = true;