On 2004-02-11 17:49:56 +0100, Thomas Glanzmann wrote:
> > If you have to touch anything explicitely, why not the directory? That
> > way you will only have to stat the directory, instead of the directory
> > and the special file.
>
> Because I don't have the control of every tool which could 'touch' a
> maildir. And stat of the directory returns only if a message has gone or
> is new but not if someone has modified a message.
Right. But the same problem exists with a special file, only worse. *No*
other tool will know about this file and touch it, whereas at least
those tools that don't edit files in place will touch the directories
cur and new indirectly by renaming files.
hp
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