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| -rwxr-xr-x | archivemail.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/archivemail.py b/archivemail.py index fcd987a..38c5b80 100755 --- a/archivemail.py +++ b/archivemail.py @@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ class Options: if (self.days_old_max >= 10000): user_error("argument to -d must be less than 10000") if o in ('-o', '--output-dir'): + if not os.path.isdir(a): + user_error("output directory does not exist: '%s'" % a) self.output_dir = a if o in ('-h', '-?', '--help'): print usage @@ -459,15 +461,15 @@ mailbox manageable. Options are as follows: -d, --days=<days> archive messages older than <days> days (default: %d) + -o, --output-dir=DIR directory where archive files go (default: current) -s, --suffix=NAME suffix for archive filename (default: '%s') - -m, --modify-time use file last-modified time as date for maildir messages -n, --dry-run don't write to anything - just show what would be done - -o, --output-dir=DIR directory where archive files go (default: current) -z, --gzip compress the archive(s) using gzip (default) -I, --bzip2 compress the archive(s) using bzip2 -Z, --compress compress the archive(s) using compress --delete delete rather than archive old mail (use with caution!) --warn-duplicate warn about duplicate Message-IDs in the same mailbox + -m, --modify-time use file last-modified time as date for maildir messages -v, --verbose report lots of extra debugging information -q, --quiet quiet mode - print no statistics (suitable for crontab) -V, --version display version information |