On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 22:25:58 -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 04:21:24PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > | On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 08:58:42 -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > | > On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 09:39:52AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > | > | I prefer to keep the mbox format for these mailboxes, because this > | > | makes easier for other operations (like grepping or copying them). > | > > | > grep -r > | > cp -r > | > > | > How does maildir inhibit those operations? > | > | I haven't said that they were inhibited, I have said that using the > | mbox format makes things easier. Sometimes, I need an interactive cp. > > Interactive cp? Is that like using debugfs to copy inodes manually? > (yes, that's joke, but I really don't know what can be "interactive" > about cp)
cp -i In fact, I use that by default. With the mbox format, I can answer for each mailbox. Here, I would have to do that for every message! This is not acceptable. > | And how can "cp -r" (or "scp -r") remove files from the destination > | mailbox? > > *Those* commands don't, the 'rm' command does :-). It can't. I recall that the task is to *copy* one or several mailboxes (locally or through the network) with only one command. > | Indeed, I sometimes delete messages from mailboxes. > > Is this always one-sided? Or can you received/delete messages from > either side and then want to sync them? Always one-sided (but the side isn't always the same), i.e. only one side has changes. > If it is the former you can fairly easily script it with varying > amounts of efficiency. For example, just 'rm -rf' the folder on the > destination and 'scp -r' to "update" it. I don't like doing rm -rf. It is too dangerous (easy to delete the wrong mailbox...). And AFAIK, I can't remove files with scp or a similar command. I don't see how it could be easily scripted. > In the latter case you need a program that understands mail folders > (regardless of whether you use mbox or maildir) to properly sync the > two folders. Well, not my case. > Perhaps a better solution is to use imap and have just one folder > store. (*perhaps*) No, the network isn't always reachable, that's a reason why I need to copy mailboxes (and for speed and backup reasons too). > Can the limit function operate on message bodies? Of course -- very useful! > From what I've seen it seems to operate on the subject only (or > certain other headers and properties if you use the right tilde > magic). For the body: ~b -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig 17, Championnat International des Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques, TETRHEX, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA
