5 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/blockchain_db/berkeleydb/db_bdb.cpp b/src/blockchain_db/berkeleydb/db_bdb.cpp
index e1b76ec1e..f827ab7c3 100644
--- a/src/blockchain_db/berkeleydb/db_bdb.cpp
+++ b/src/blockchain_db/berkeleydb/db_bdb.cpp
@@ -1213,6 +1213,11 @@ std::vector<std::string> BlockchainBDB::get_filenames() const
     return full_paths;
 }
 
+bool BlockchainBDB::remove_data_file(const std::string& folder)
+{
+    return true;
+}
+
 std::string BlockchainBDB::get_db_name() const
 {
     LOG_PRINT_L3("BlockchainBDB::" << __func__);
diff --git a/src/blockchain_db/berkeleydb/db_bdb.h b/src/blockchain_db/berkeleydb/db_bdb.h
index cecbba28f..c90d030a2 100644
--- a/src/blockchain_db/berkeleydb/db_bdb.h
+++ b/src/blockchain_db/berkeleydb/db_bdb.h
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ public:
 
   virtual std::vector<std::string> get_filenames() const;
 
+  virtual bool remove_data_file(const std::string& folder);
+
   virtual std::string get_db_name() const;
 
   virtual bool lock();
diff --git a/src/blockchain_db/blockchain_db.h b/src/blockchain_db/blockchain_db.h
index 19ba32340..02077ac84 100644
--- a/src/blockchain_db/blockchain_db.h
+++ b/src/blockchain_db/blockchain_db.h
@@ -654,6 +654,20 @@ public:
    */
   virtual std::vector<std::string> get_filenames() const = 0;
 
+  /**
+   * @brief remove file(s) storing the database
+   *
+   * This function is for resetting the database (for core tests, functional tests, etc).
+   * The function reset() is not usable because it needs to open the database file first
+   * which can fail if the existing database file is in an incompatible format.
+   * As such, this function needs to be called before calling open().
+   *
+   * @param folder    The path of the folder containing the database file(s) which must not end with slash '/'.
+   *
+   * @return          true if the operation is succesfull
+   */
+  virtual bool remove_data_file(const std::string& folder) const = 0;
+
   // return the name of the folder the db's file(s) should reside in
   /**
    * @brief gets the name of the folder the BlockchainDB's file(s) should be in
diff --git a/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp b/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
index 300fb6d2f..05af0f5aa 100644
--- a/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
+++ b/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
@@ -1465,6 +1465,21 @@ std::vector<std::string> BlockchainLMDB::get_filenames() const
   return filenames;
 }
 
+bool BlockchainLMDB::remove_data_file(const std::string& folder) const
+{
+  const std::string filename = folder + "/data.mdb";
+  try
+  {
+    boost::filesystem::remove(filename);
+  }
+  catch (const std::exception &e)
+  {
+    MERROR("Failed to remove " << filename << ": " << e.what());
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 std::string BlockchainLMDB::get_db_name() const
 {
   LOG_PRINT_L3("BlockchainLMDB::" << __func__);
diff --git a/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.h b/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.h
index 4580573eb..54aa864a6 100644
--- a/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.h
+++ b/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.h
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ public:
 
   virtual std::vector<std::string> get_filenames() const;
 
+  virtual bool remove_data_file(const std::string& folder) const;
+
   virtual std::string get_db_name() const;
 
   virtual bool lock();