nStart = GetTimeMillis();
if (!LoadBlockIndex())
strErrors << _("Error loading blkindex.dat") << "\n";
+
+ // as LoadBlockIndex can take several minutes, it's possible the user
+ // requested to kill bitcoin-qt during the last operation. If so, exit.
+ // As the program has not fully started yet, Shutdown() is possibly overkill.
+ if (fRequestShutdown)
+ {
+ printf("Shutdown requested. Exiting.\n");
+ return false;
+ }
printf(" block index %15"PRI64d"ms\n", GetTimeMillis() - nStart);
InitMessage(_("Loading wallet..."));