I have also noticed that mbox mailbox files' modification times
seem not to be updated when messages are deleted. Whenever a
message is added, the file's modification time is updated,
though. Unfortunately, I have no idea why.
Andy Spiegl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Mutters,
>
> I am gradually getting concerned that no one is caring about this bug (if
> it's a bug and not a strange feature). Please let me know if there is
> something I can do to change this strange behaviur of mutt. I can't find
> anything in the manual and FAQ. Hope I didn't overlook anything.
>
> The problem is that my syncronizing software ("unison") depends on the
> timestamp to work correctly.
>
> Here is my mail again, just to be sure:
>
> > I found it very strange to find out that mutt sometimes doesn't update the
> > timestamp of a mailbox file. Here's an example:
> >
> > hamster:~>l testmailbox
> > -rw------- 1 spiegl users 26537 Feb 20 20:57 testmailbox
> > hamster:~>grep ^Status: testmailbox
> > zsh: 3666 exit 1 grep -i ^Status testmailbox
> > hamster:~>mutt -f testmailbox
> > 4 kept, 0 deleted.
> > hamster:~>grep ^Status: testmailbox
> > Status: RO
> > Status: RO
> > Status: O
> > Status: O
> > hamster:~>l testmailbox
> > -rw------- 1 spiegl users 26579 Feb 20 20:57 testmailbox
> > hamster:~>mutt -f testmailbox
> > 2 kept, 2 deleted.
> > hamster:~>l testmailbox
> > -rw------- 1 spiegl users 18153 Feb 20 20:57 testmailbox
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