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| Date | Sun, 31 Aug 2014 13:45:25 -0500 |
| From | Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> |
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| Subject | Distinguishing between maildir, mbox, and MH files/directories? |
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Tinkering around with a little script, I found myself with the need
to walk a directory tree and process mail messaged found within.
Sometimes these end up being mbox files (with multiple messages
within), sometimes it's a Maildir structure with messages in each
individual file and extra holding directories, and sometimes it's a
MH directory. To complicate matters, there's also the possibility of
non-{mbox,maildir,mh) files such as binary MUA caches appearing
alongside these messages.
Python knows how to handle each just fine as long as I tell it what
type of file to expect. But is there a straight-forward way to
distinguish them? (FWIW, the *nix "file" utility is just reporting
"ASCII text", sometimes "with very long lines", and sometimes
erroneously flags them as C or C++ files‽).
All I need is "is it maildir, mbox, mh, or something else" (I don't
have to get more complex for the "something else") inside an os.walk
loop.
Thanks for any suggestions,
-tkc
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