Re: Reliable/safe way of removing empty maildirs?
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 04:46:20PM +0100, Rado S wrote:
> =- Chris G wrote on Thu 6.Dec'07 at 13:03:13 +0000 -=
>
> > What's a reliable way of removing empty maildirs?
> > Presumably it's possible but you'd have to follow some protocol that
> > wouldn't interfere with the proper writing of messages to the maildir.
>
> chmod a-w dir/new
> rm -rf dir
>
Won't that remove it even if it's not empty? I see the logic
otherwise, prevent new mail being put there before removing it.
OK, I'll have to do something like:-
chmod a-w dir/new
# check if dir/new dir/cur and dir/tmp are all empty
rm -rf dir
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Chris Green