Merge branch 'master' into abi-offset-fixed-arrays

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go b/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
index 2bb452d73..9d5cc38a1 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
@@ -112,7 +114,22 @@ func localConsole(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 // console to it.
 func remoteConsole(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	// Attach to a remotely running geth instance and start the JavaScript console
-	client, err := dialRPC(ctx.Args().First())
+	endpoint := ctx.Args().First()
+	if endpoint == "" {
+		path := node.DefaultDataDir()
+		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(utils.DataDirFlag.Name) {
+			path = ctx.GlobalString(utils.DataDirFlag.Name)
+		}
+		if path != "" {
+			if ctx.GlobalBool(utils.TestnetFlag.Name) {
+				path = filepath.Join(path, "testnet")
+			} else if ctx.GlobalBool(utils.RinkebyFlag.Name) {
+				path = filepath.Join(path, "rinkeby")
+			}
+		}
+		endpoint = fmt.Sprintf("%s/geth.ipc", path)
+	}
+	client, err := dialRPC(endpoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		utils.Fatalf("Unable to attach to remote geth: %v", err)
 	}