From 29fc212e9c1c7dd546f9ff7979f3ff6f98b7263d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ren=C3=A9=20Canna=C3=B2?= <rene.cannao@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:01:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Honor --initial after a crash , see #4659

Closes #4659
---
 src/main.cpp | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index f0ccb8f4b..3615fbb74 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1671,6 +1671,13 @@ bool ProxySQL_daemonize_phase3() {
 		// automatic reload of TLS certificates after a crash , see #4658
 		std::string msg;
 		ProxySQL_create_or_load_TLS(false, msg);
+		//  Honor --initial after a crash , see #4659
+		if (GloVars.__cmd_proxysql_initial==true) {
+			std::cerr << "Renaming database file " << GloVars.admindb << endl;
+			char *newpath=(char *)malloc(strlen(GloVars.admindb)+8);
+			sprintf(newpath,"%s.bak",GloVars.admindb);
+			rename(GloVars.admindb,newpath);	// FIXME: should we check return value, or ignore whatever it successed or not?
+		}
 		parent_close_error_log();
 		return false;
 	}