The only non-obvious code change required for this is due to the fact that
computing the archive names has to move into the format-specific archiving
functions, because they can no longer be derived from the mailbox name
beforehand.
In particular:
* we no longer use shutil.copy{,2} to write back a changed mbox
* having temporary mbox files in the same directory as the originals doesn't
make sense anymore since we no longer commit them with rename(2)
* the --archive-name option is now implemented
Document the --archive-name option, and explain the basic idea of deriving the
archive filename from the mailbox earlier and more prominently. Also document
how archivemail tries not to create hidden archive files, and remove some
obsolete notes.
When archiving a mailbox with leading dots in the name and no archive name
prefix specified, strip the dots off the archive name. This is targeting
Maildir++ subfolders.
Technically, this works just like the --suffix option. This commit also
updates the manpage accordingly.
Currently, the prefix is not checked for slashes, so it could contain path
components. (The same applies for the suffix, btw). Since the expanded
string is prepended to the archive base name, this can be used to dynamically
configure the archive directory, depending on the archive cutoff date. I'm
not sure if this can be considered a reasonable feature, though.
IMAP servers (Dovecot and UW-IMAP at least) may store mailbox meta data for
mboxes in a pseudo message. Such messages are now detected and never archived.
This commit includes a test case in the test suite.
If we don't have sufficient permissions to create a dotlock for an mbox file,
record that, and don't try to remove the dotlock when unlocking the mbox
later.
Better don't write "soon there will be... <foo>" and don't be specific about
available versions. Writing it more generically means lesser maintenance. :)
On Unix, most scripts don't come with a file extension, it's not needed, and
we distribute the script as "archivemail" anyway. And most importantly, I
like it better without the extension. :)
With a little trick we can still load the script as a module from the test
suite.
Notable items that are now resolved or implemented:
* archives are now locked
* the mbox classes have been refactored to a cleaner design
* we moved from flock locking to fcntl
* the setuid() feature is long gone
* symlink attacks for tempfiles are not possible (that is really an
ancient TODO item from the original author)
* the test suite now has a lot of maildir test cases
I just discovered that archivemails MH support is broken with respect to
message flags, and in my opinion it doesn't make much sense to test
known-broken functionality.
In fact there may well be zero archivemail users with MH mailboxes; MH is
basically an obsolete format, and any archivemail user with MH mailboxes would
probably have complained about lost message flags.
This code is complex, too complex actually. Rename some methods and
variables, rework some code and and add some explaining comments in order to
make it it least a bit easier to understand.
Nikolaus Schulz