tinn...@isbd.co.uk wrote:
Grant Edwards <inva...@invalid> wrote:
On 2009-04-24, Grant Edwards <inva...@invalid> wrote:
Anybody writing to an mbox mailbox has to follow the rules if
they expect to interoperate with other mail applications. If
mailbox.mbox.add() doesn't preserve the atime when writing to
an mbox, then mailbox.mbox.add is broken.
I should qualify that: since the documentation for add()
doesn't specify whether or not it's supposed to add a "new"
message or an "old" message, one could argue that either
behavior is correct.
However, since the maildir add() method adds a "new" message,
one would reasonably expect that the mbox add() method do the
same. Or, I suppose one might expect the converse: since mbox
add() creates an "old" message, then maildir add() should do
the same.
I have my filesystems mouted with the "noatime" option and use
maildir...
Whatever, if mailbox.mbox.add() doesn't preserve the atime when adding
messages to an mbox then it's close to useless.
I suppose I could do the following:-
lock the mbox
get the atime
add the new message with mailbox.mbox.add()
restore the atime
unlock the mbox
All I need to do now is find out how to get and set atime with python.
os.path.getmtime(path)
os.path.getatime(path)
os.utime(path, (atime, mtime))
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