#9559: Append data to single-file mailbox files if messages are only added

If messages were only added, a new file is no longer created and
renamed over the old file when flush() is called on an mbox, MMDF or
Babyl mailbox.
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Petri Lehtinen 2012-06-28 13:53:43 +03:00
commit dde8cb0899
3 changed files with 46 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -945,7 +945,32 @@ class TestMaildir(TestMailbox, unittest.TestCase):
self._box._refresh()
self.assertTrue(refreshed())
class _TestMboxMMDF(TestMailbox):
class _TestSingleFile(TestMailbox):
'''Common tests for single-file mailboxes'''
def test_add_doesnt_rewrite(self):
# When only adding messages, flush() should not rewrite the
# mailbox file. See issue #9559.
# Inode number changes if the contents are written to another
# file which is then renamed over the original file. So we
# must check that the inode number doesn't change.
inode_before = os.stat(self._path).st_ino
self._box.add(self._template % 0)
self._box.flush()
inode_after = os.stat(self._path).st_ino
self.assertEqual(inode_before, inode_after)
# Make sure the message was really added
self._box.close()
self._box = self._factory(self._path)
self.assertEqual(len(self._box), 1)
class _TestMboxMMDF(_TestSingleFile):
def tearDown(self):
super().tearDown()
@ -1220,7 +1245,7 @@ class TestMH(TestMailbox, unittest.TestCase):
return os.path.join(self._path, '.mh_sequences.lock')
class TestBabyl(TestMailbox, unittest.TestCase):
class TestBabyl(_TestSingleFile, unittest.TestCase):
_factory = lambda self, path, factory=None: mailbox.Babyl(path, factory)