New submission from Dominik Stadler:
I tried to use NoPriv (https://github.com/RaymiiOrg/NoPriv/) to backup emails
to an USB Disk which is formatted for Windows compatibility, i.e. FAT-type
filesystem, but got the error below. Seems mailbox.py still tries to create a
symbolic link, which is not possible on this filesystem.
Running on ext3 file system works fine. This is on Ubuntu Precise 12.04 with
latest updates installed. Python is 2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1
Getting messages from server from folder: [Gmail]/Sent Mail.
Saving message 1.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./nopriv.py", line 783, in <module>
get_messages_to_local_maildir(folder, mail)
File "./nopriv.py", line 236, in get_messages_to_local_maildir
saveToMaildir(raw_email, maildir_folder)
File "./nopriv.py", line 155, in saveToMaildir
message_key = folder.add(msg)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/mailbox.py", line 276, in add
os.link(tmp_file.name, dest)
OSError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 185652
nosy: dominik-stadler
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: mailbox.py tries to link even on filesystem wihch does not support
symbolic links
versions: Python 2.7
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