> On 23 Jan 2022, at 17:08, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > Barry Scott <ba...@barrys-emacs.org> wrote: >> >> >>>> On 22 Jan 2022, at 21:26, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: >>> >>> I have a script that walks a quite deep tree of mail messages to find >>> and archive old messages. I'm trying to convert it from mbox to >>> maildir (as I now store my mail in maildir format). >>> >>> So I need to test whether a point I have reached in the hierarchy is a >>> maildir mailbox or not. Using mbox format it's easy because 'folders' >>> are directories and mailboxes are files. However with maildir the >>> 'folders' have directories within them so the simple tree walking goes >>> down a level too far and finds 'folders' which aren't mailboxes called >>> 'cur', 'new' and 'tmp'. >>> >>> Is there any 'ready made' way in python to tell whether a directory is >>> a maildir mailbox? If not I suppose I'll simply have to check if >>> there are 'cur', 'new' and 'tmp' directories within the directory >>> which may or may not be a maildir. >> >> You do not need to walk the tree. >> >> The structure is >> Maildir/cur, new, tmp - The INBOX >> Maildir/<encoded-mail-folder>/cur, new, tmp >> >> The encoding prefixed with a "." and uses a "." between folder name parts. >> >> An example from my Maildir is ".Python.Users/" for a folder that client >> shows as Python/Users >> >> You can see this by doing: >> >> ls -a ~/Maildir >> > You're talking about one specific (and IMHO not very good) way of > creating a maildir hierarchy. Here's what I see on my system:
Oh right! That is imposed by dovecot that I use for the imap service. Barry > chris@esprimo$ cd mail > /home/chris/mail > chris@esprimo$ ls -a > . .. Gm In Ju Li Tm folder > chris@esprimo$ ls -a folder > . apexLodge entertainment greville houseHome maxMum > reshapers tractor > .. archive family hardware internet money > riding travel > Scans boating france health isbd pcc > software ukraa > Shopping buySellAdmin friends holidays jrml personal > telecoms vehicles > chris@esprimo$ ls -a folder/Shopping > . cabin cycling garden maxine pets > stationery > .. car diy giftsEtc maxmum photography > telecoms > apexLodge clothesEtc electrical groupon medicine riding > toolstation > boat computer electronics houseHome motorcycle screwfix > books cpc food jrml music sportsEtc > > No dot prefixes and my maildir hierarchy is a *real* directory hierarchy so > all the other file management utilities on my system can be used easily. > > > > -- > Chris Green > · > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
