src/api.py

@@ -431,8 +431,7 @@ class MySimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
             if not shared.safeConfigGetBoolean(address, 'chan'):
                 raise APIError(25, 'Specified address is not a chan address. Use deleteAddress API call instead.')
             shared.config.remove_section(address)
-            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+            shared.writeKeysFile()
-                shared.config.write(configfile)
             return 'success'
 
         elif method == 'deleteAddress':
@@ -445,8 +444,7 @@ class MySimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
             if not shared.config.has_section(address):
                 raise APIError(13, 'Could not find this address in your keys.dat file.')
             shared.config.remove_section(address)
-            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+            shared.writeKeysFile()
-                shared.config.write(configfile)
             shared.UISignalQueue.put(('rerenderInboxFromLabels',''))
             shared.UISignalQueue.put(('rerenderSentToLabels',''))
             shared.reloadMyAddressHashes()

src/bitmessagecurses/__init__.py

@@ -471,15 +471,13 @@ def handlech(c, stdscr):
                                 label = t
                                 shared.config.set(a, "label", label)
                                 # Write config
-                                with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+                                shared.writeKeysFile()
-                                    shared.config.write(configfile)
                                 addresses[addrcur][0] = label
                         elif t == "4": # Enable address
                             a = addresses[addrcur][2]
                             shared.config.set(a, "enabled", "true") # Set config
                             # Write config
-                            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+                            shared.writeKeysFile()
-                                shared.config.write(configfile)
                             # Change color
                             if shared.safeConfigGetBoolean(a, 'chan'):
                                 addresses[addrcur][3] = 9 # orange
@@ -494,16 +492,14 @@ def handlech(c, stdscr):
                             shared.config.set(a, "enabled", "false") # Set config
                             addresses[addrcur][3] = 8 # Set color to gray
                             # Write config
-                            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+                            shared.writeKeysFile()
-                                shared.config.write(configfile)
                             addresses[addrcur][1] = False
                             shared.reloadMyAddressHashes() # Reload address hashes
                         elif t == "6": # Delete address
                             r, t = d.inputbox("Type in \"I want to delete this address\"", width=50)
                             if r == d.DIALOG_OK and t == "I want to delete this address":
                                     shared.config.remove_section(addresses[addrcur][2])
-                                    with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+                                    shared.writeKeysFile()
-                                        shared.config.write(configfile)
                                     del addresses[addrcur]
                         elif t == "7": # Special address behavior
                             a = addresses[addrcur][2]
@@ -534,8 +530,7 @@ def handlech(c, stdscr):
                                             shared.config.set(a, "mailinglistname", mn)
                                             addresses[addrcur][3] = 6 # Set color to magenta
                                     # Write config
-                                    with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+                                    shared.writeKeysFile()
-                                        shared.config.write(configfile)
                 elif menutab == 5:
                     d.set_background_title("Subscriptions Dialog Box")
                     r, t = d.menu("Do what with subscription to \""+subscriptions[subcur][0]+"\"?",

src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py

@@ -458,8 +458,7 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
                         self, 'Message', displayMsg, QtGui.QMessageBox.Yes, QtGui.QMessageBox.No)
                     if reply == QtGui.QMessageBox.Yes:
                         shared.config.remove_section(addressInKeysFile)
-                        with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+                        shared.writeKeysFile()
-                            shared.config.write(configfile)
 
         # Configure Bitmessage to start on startup (or remove the
         # configuration) based on the setting in the keys.dat file
@@ -1332,7 +1331,7 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
                 reply = QtGui.QMessageBox.question(self, _translate("MainWindow", "Open keys.dat?"), _translate(
                     "MainWindow", "You may manage your keys by editing the keys.dat file stored in\n %1 \nIt is important that you back up this file. Would you like to open the file now? (Be sure to close Bitmessage before making any changes.)").arg(shared.appdata), QtGui.QMessageBox.Yes, QtGui.QMessageBox.No)
             if reply == QtGui.QMessageBox.Yes:
-                self.openKeysFile()
+                shared.openKeysFile()
 
     def click_actionDeleteAllTrashedMessages(self):
         if QtGui.QMessageBox.question(self, _translate("MainWindow", "Delete trash?"), _translate("MainWindow", "Are you sure you want to delete all trashed messages?"), QtGui.QMessageBox.Yes, QtGui.QMessageBox.No) == QtGui.QMessageBox.No:
@@ -1419,17 +1418,10 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
         if self.connectDialogInstance.exec_():
             if self.connectDialogInstance.ui.radioButtonConnectNow.isChecked():
                 shared.config.remove_option('bitmessagesettings', 'dontconnect')
-                with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+                shared.writeKeysFile()
-                    shared.config.write(configfile)
             else:
                 self.click_actionSettings()
 
-    def openKeysFile(self):
-        if 'linux' in sys.platform:
-            subprocess.call(["xdg-open", shared.appdata + 'keys.dat'])
-        else:
-            os.startfile(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat')
-
     def changeEvent(self, event):
         if event.type() == QtCore.QEvent.WindowStateChange:
             if self.windowState() & QtCore.Qt.WindowMinimized:
@@ -2414,8 +2406,7 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
             # shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'maxcores',
             # str(self.settingsDialogInstance.ui.comboBoxMaxCores.currentText()))
 
-            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+            shared.writeKeysFile()
-                shared.config.write(configfile)
 
             if 'win32' in sys.platform or 'win64' in sys.platform:
             # Auto-startup for Windows
@@ -2435,8 +2426,7 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
             if shared.appdata != '' and self.settingsDialogInstance.ui.checkBoxPortableMode.isChecked():  # If we are NOT using portable mode now but the user selected that we should...
                 # Write the keys.dat file to disk in the new location
                 sqlStoredProcedure('movemessagstoprog')
-                with open('keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+                shared.writeKeysFile()
-                    shared.config.write(configfile)
                 # Write the knownnodes.dat file to disk in the new location
                 shared.knownNodesLock.acquire()
                 output = open('knownnodes.dat', 'wb')
@@ -2460,8 +2450,7 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
                     os.makedirs(shared.appdata)
                 sqlStoredProcedure('movemessagstoappdata')
                 # Write the keys.dat file to disk in the new location
-                with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+                shared.writeKeysFile()
-                    shared.config.write(configfile)
                 # Write the knownnodes.dat file to disk in the new location
                 shared.knownNodesLock.acquire()
                 output = open(shared.appdata + 'knownnodes.dat', 'wb')
@@ -2480,8 +2469,7 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
     def click_radioButtonBlacklist(self):
         if shared.config.get('bitmessagesettings', 'blackwhitelist') == 'white':
             shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'blackwhitelist', 'black')
-            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+            shared.writeKeysFile()
-                shared.config.write(configfile)
             # self.ui.tableWidgetBlacklist.clearContents()
             self.ui.tableWidgetBlacklist.setRowCount(0)
             self.loadBlackWhiteList()
@@ -2490,8 +2478,7 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
     def click_radioButtonWhitelist(self):
         if shared.config.get('bitmessagesettings', 'blackwhitelist') == 'black':
             shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'blackwhitelist', 'white')
-            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+            shared.writeKeysFile()
-                shared.config.write(configfile)
             # self.ui.tableWidgetBlacklist.clearContents()
             self.ui.tableWidgetBlacklist.setRowCount(0)
             self.loadBlackWhiteList()
@@ -2563,8 +2550,7 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
                 shared.config.set(str(addressAtCurrentRow), 'mailinglistname', str(
                     self.dialog.ui.lineEditMailingListName.text().toUtf8()))
                 self.ui.tableWidgetYourIdentities.item(currentRow, 1).setTextColor(QtGui.QColor(137, 04, 177)) # magenta
-            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+            shared.writeKeysFile()
-                shared.config.write(configfile)
             self.rerenderInboxToLabels()
 
     def click_NewAddressDialog(self):
@@ -3066,8 +3052,7 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
         addressAtCurrentRow = str(
             self.ui.tableWidgetYourIdentities.item(currentRow, 1).text())
         shared.config.set(addressAtCurrentRow, 'enabled', 'true')
-        with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+        shared.writeKeysFile()
-            shared.config.write(configfile)
         self.ui.tableWidgetYourIdentities.item(
             currentRow, 0).setTextColor(QApplication.palette().text().color())
         self.ui.tableWidgetYourIdentities.item(
@@ -3093,8 +3078,7 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
             currentRow, 2).setTextColor(QtGui.QColor(128, 128, 128))
         if shared.safeConfigGetBoolean(addressAtCurrentRow, 'mailinglist'):
             self.ui.tableWidgetYourIdentities.item(currentRow, 1).setTextColor(QtGui.QColor(137, 04, 177)) # magenta
-        with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+        shared.writeKeysFile()
-            shared.config.write(configfile)
         shared.reloadMyAddressHashes()
 
     def on_action_YourIdentitiesClipboard(self):
@@ -3291,8 +3275,7 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
                 currentRow, 1).text()
             shared.config.set(str(addressAtCurrentRow), 'label', str(
                 self.ui.tableWidgetYourIdentities.item(currentRow, 0).text().toUtf8()))
-            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+            shared.writeKeysFile()
-                shared.config.write(configfile)
             self.rerenderComboBoxSendFrom()
             # self.rerenderInboxFromLabels()
             self.rerenderInboxToLabels()

src/class_addressGenerator.py

@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ class addressGenerator(threading.Thread):
                     address, 'privSigningKey', privSigningKeyWIF)
                 shared.config.set(
                     address, 'privEncryptionKey', privEncryptionKeyWIF)
-                with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+                shared.writeKeysFile()
-                    shared.config.write(configfile)
 
                 # The API and the join and create Chan functionality
                 # both need information back from the address generator.
@@ -244,8 +243,7 @@ class addressGenerator(threading.Thread):
                                 address, 'privSigningKey', privSigningKeyWIF)
                             shared.config.set(
                                 address, 'privEncryptionKey', privEncryptionKeyWIF)
-                            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+                            shared.writeKeysFile()
-                                shared.config.write(configfile)
 
                             shared.UISignalQueue.put(('writeNewAddressToTable', (
                                 label, address, str(streamNumber))))

src/class_singleWorker.py

@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ class singleWorker(threading.Thread):
         try:
             shared.config.set(
                 myAddress, 'lastpubkeysendtime', str(int(time.time())))
-            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+            shared.writeKeysFile()
-                shared.config.write(configfile)
         except:
             # The user deleted the address out of the keys.dat file before this
             # finished.
@@ -248,8 +247,7 @@ class singleWorker(threading.Thread):
         try:
             shared.config.set(
                 myAddress, 'lastpubkeysendtime', str(int(time.time())))
-            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+            shared.writeKeysFile()
-                shared.config.write(configfile)
         except:
             # The user deleted the address out of the keys.dat file before this
             # finished.
@@ -345,8 +343,7 @@ class singleWorker(threading.Thread):
         try:
             shared.config.set(
                 myAddress, 'lastpubkeysendtime', str(int(time.time())))
-            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+            shared.writeKeysFile()
-                shared.config.write(configfile)
         except Exception as err:
             logger.error('Error: Couldn\'t add the lastpubkeysendtime to the keys.dat file. Error message: %s' % err)
 

src/class_sqlThread.py

@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ class sqlThread(threading.Thread):
             shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'sockslisten', 'false')
             shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'keysencrypted', 'false')
             shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'messagesencrypted', 'false')
-            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
-                shared.config.write(configfile)
 
         # People running earlier versions of PyBitmessage do not have the
         # usedpersonally field in their pubkeys table. Let's add it.
@@ -103,8 +101,6 @@ class sqlThread(threading.Thread):
             self.conn.commit()
 
             shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'settingsversion', '3')
-            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
-                shared.config.write(configfile)
 
         # People running earlier versions of PyBitmessage do not have the
         # encodingtype field in their inbox and sent tables or the read field
@@ -138,6 +134,7 @@ class sqlThread(threading.Thread):
             shared.config.set(
                 'bitmessagesettings', 'maxacceptablepayloadlengthextrabytes', '0')
             shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'settingsversion', '6')
+
         # From now on, let us keep a 'version' embedded in the messages.dat
         # file so that when we make changes to the database, the database
         # version we are on can stay embedded in the messages.dat file. Let us
@@ -281,10 +278,7 @@ class sqlThread(threading.Thread):
                 'bitmessagesettings', 'stopresendingafterxdays', '')
             shared.config.set(
                 'bitmessagesettings', 'stopresendingafterxmonths', '')
-            #shared.config.set(
             shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'settingsversion', '8') 
-            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
-                shared.config.write(configfile)
 
         # Add a new table: objectprocessorqueue with which to hold objects
         # that have yet to be processed if the user shuts down Bitmessage.
@@ -344,9 +338,7 @@ class sqlThread(threading.Thread):
             shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'maxdownloadrate', '0')
             shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'maxuploadrate', '0')
             shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'settingsversion', '10')
-            with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+            shared.writeKeysFile()                
-                shared.config.write(configfile)
-                
 
         # The format of data stored in the pubkeys table has changed. Let's
         # clear it, and the pubkeys from inventory, so that they'll be re-downloaded.

src/helper_startup.py

@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ def loadConfig():
                 os.makedirs(shared.appdata)
         if not sys.platform.startswith('win'):
             os.umask(0o077)
-        with open(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat', 'wb') as configfile:
+        shared.writeKeysFile()
-            shared.config.write(configfile)
 
     _loadTrustedPeer()
 

src/shared.py

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import sys
 import stat
 import threading
 import time
+import shutil  # used for moving the data folder and copying keys.dat
+import datetime
 from os import path, environ
 from struct import Struct
 import traceback
@@ -838,4 +840,22 @@ def _checkAndShareBroadcastWithPeers(data):
         shared.objectProcessorQueueSize += len(data)
         objectProcessorQueue.put((objectType,data))
 
+def openKeysFile():
+    if 'linux' in sys.platform:
+        subprocess.call(["xdg-open", shared.appdata + 'keys.dat'])
+    else:
+        os.startfile(shared.appdata + 'keys.dat')
+
+def writeKeysFile():
+    fileName = shared.appdata + 'keys.dat'
+    fileNameBak = fileName + "." + datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%j%H%M%S%f") + '.bak'
+    # create a backup copy to prevent the accidental loss due to the disk write failure
+    shutil.copyfile(fileName, fileNameBak)
+    # write the file
+    with open(fileName, 'wb') as configfile:
+        shared.config.write(configfile)
+    # delete a backup
+    os.remove(fileNameBak)
+
+helper_startup.loadConfig()
 from debug import logger