Tool does not work for a non-flat directories (Verbatim).
I create a maildir via mbox/isync and config below
MaildirStore mail-backup
Path ~/backups/Mail/foo/
Inbox ~/backups/Mail/foo/INBOX
SubFolders Verbatim
It creates FS structure with paths like ~/backups/Mail/foo/Archive, ~/backups/Mail/foo/Notes, ~/backups/Mail/foo/Dev/GitHub and all this folders are maildirs (contains cur,new,tmp).
When i run mdedup -n -s discard-matching-path -a delete-discarded --regexp ~/backups/Mail/bar -h X-Pm-Gluon-Id -h Date -h From -h To ~/backups/Mail/foo/ ~/backups/Mail/bar/
I got error
● Step #1 - Load mails
Mail sources [------------------------------------] 0/2info:
Opening /home/debian/backups/Mail/foo ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/debian/.local/bin/mdedup", line 7, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
~~~~^^
File "/home/debian/.local/share/pipx/venvs/mail-deduplicate/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mail_deduplicate/__main__.py", line 45, in main
mdedup(prog_name=mdedup.name)
~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/debian/.local/share/pipx/venvs/mail-deduplicate/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1485, in __call__
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/debian/.local/share/pipx/venvs/mail-deduplicate/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click_extra/commands.py", line 363, in main
return super().main(args=args, prog_name=prog_name, **kwargs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/debian/.local/share/pipx/venvs/mail-deduplicate/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1406, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "/home/debian/.local/share/pipx/venvs/mail-deduplicate/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click_extra/commands.py", line 393, in invoke
return super().invoke(ctx)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
File "/home/debian/.local/share/pipx/venvs/mail-deduplicate/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1269, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/debian/.local/share/pipx/venvs/mail-deduplicate/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 824, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/debian/.local/share/pipx/venvs/mail-deduplicate/lib/python3.13/site-packages/cloup/_context.py", line 47, in new_func
return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/debian/.local/share/pipx/venvs/mail-deduplicate/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mail_deduplicate/cli.py", line 505, in mdedup
dedup.add_source(source)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^
File "/home/debian/.local/share/pipx/venvs/mail-deduplicate/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mail_deduplicate/deduplicate.py", line 449, in add_source
boxes = open_box(path, self.conf["input_format"], self.conf["force_unlock"])
File "/home/debian/.local/share/pipx/venvs/mail-deduplicate/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mail_deduplicate/mail_box.py", line 178, in open_box
box_format = autodetect_box_type(path)
File "/home/debian/.local/share/pipx/venvs/mail-deduplicate/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mail_deduplicate/mail_box.py", line 150, in autodetect_box_type
raise ValueError(f"Missing sub-directory {subdir!r}")
ValueError: Missing sub-directory 'new'
It looks a tool tries to work with maildir in flat format.
There are reasons why I cannot use this format, the gist is my folders structure are too complex.
Also i want notice i've tried to run with flag -i maildir and got another error FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/debian/backups/Mail/foo/cur'
Tool does not work for a non-flat directories (Verbatim).
I create a maildir via mbox/isync and config below
It creates FS structure with paths like
~/backups/Mail/foo/Archive,~/backups/Mail/foo/Notes,~/backups/Mail/foo/Dev/GitHuband all this folders are maildirs (contains cur,new,tmp).When i run
mdedup -n -s discard-matching-path -a delete-discarded --regexp ~/backups/Mail/bar -h X-Pm-Gluon-Id -h Date -h From -h To ~/backups/Mail/foo/ ~/backups/Mail/bar/I got error
It looks a tool tries to work with maildir in flat format.
There are reasons why I cannot use this format, the gist is my folders structure are too complex.
Also i want notice i've tried to run with flag
-i maildirand got another errorFileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/debian/backups/Mail/foo/cur'