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diff --git a/archivemail.py b/archivemail.py
index 1887ee1..d2d07ca 100755
--- a/archivemail.py
+++ b/archivemail.py
@@ -519,75 +519,55 @@ class RetainMbox(Mbox):
class ArchiveMbox(Mbox):
"""Class for holding messages that will be archived from the original
mailbox (ie. the messages that are considered 'old'). Extends the 'Mbox'
- class. This 'mbox' file starts off as a temporary file, copied from any
- pre-existing archive. It will eventually overwrite the original archive
- mailbox if everything is OK.
+ class. This 'mbox' file starts off as a temporary file, and will eventually
+ be appended to the original archive mailbox if everything is OK.
"""
__final_name = None
def __init__(self, final_name):
- """Constructor -- copy any pre-existing compressed archive to a
- temporary file which we use as the new 'mbox' archive for this
- mailbox.
+ """Constructor -- create a temporary archive.
Arguments:
- final_name -- the final name for this archive mailbox. This function
- will check to see if the filename already exists, and
- copy it to a temporary file if it does. It will also
- rename itself to this name when we call finalise()
-
+ final_name -- the final name for this archive mailbox. The temporary
+ archive will be appended to this file when we call
+ finalise()
"""
assert(final_name)
if options.no_compress:
- self.__init_uncompressed(final_name)
+ self.__init_uncompressed()
else:
- self.__init_compressed(final_name)
+ self.__init_compressed()
self.__final_name = final_name
- def __init_uncompressed(self, final_name):
+ def __init_uncompressed(self):
"""Used internally by __init__ when archives are uncompressed"""
- assert(final_name)
temp_name = tempfile.mkstemp("archive")[1]
- if os.path.isfile(final_name):
- vprint("file already exists that is named: %s" % final_name)
- shutil.copy2(final_name, temp_name)
_stale.archive = temp_name
- self.mbox_file = open(temp_name, "a")
+ self.mbox_file = open(temp_name, "w")
self.mbox_file_name = temp_name
- def __init_compressed(self, final_name):
+ def __init_compressed(self):
"""Used internally by __init__ when archives are compressed"""
- assert(final_name)
- compressed_filename = final_name + ".gz"
temp_name = tempfile.mkstemp("archive.gz")[1]
- if os.path.isfile(compressed_filename):
- vprint("file already exists that is named: %s" % \
- compressed_filename)
- shutil.copy2(compressed_filename, temp_name)
_stale.archive = temp_name
- self.mbox_file = gzip.GzipFile(temp_name, "a")
+ self.mbox_file = gzip.GzipFile(temp_name, "w")
self.mbox_file_name = temp_name
def finalise(self):
- """Close the archive and rename this archive temporary file to the
- final archive filename, overwriting any pre-existing archive if it
- exists.
-
- """
+ """Append the temporary archive to the final archive, and delete it
+ afterwards."""
assert(self.__final_name)
self.close()
+ mbox_file = open(self.mbox_file_name, "r")
final_name = self.__final_name
if not options.no_compress:
final_name = final_name + ".gz"
- vprint("renaming '%s' to '%s'" % (self.mbox_file_name,
- final_name))
- try:
- os.rename(self.mbox_file_name, final_name)
- except OSError:
- # file might be on a different filesystem -- move it manually
- shutil.copy2(self.mbox_file_name, final_name)
- os.remove(self.mbox_file_name)
+ vprint("writing back '%s' to '%s'" % (self.mbox_file_name, final_name))
+ final_archive = open(final_name, "a")
+ shutil.copyfileobj(mbox_file, final_archive)
+ final_archive.close()
+ Mbox.remove(self)
_stale.archive = None