Re: GnU mBox

Countach <[email protected]> writes:

> Further to my email of yesterday about folder names, I noticed this in 
> the java spec for Store class....
>
> name - The name of the Folder.
> In some Stores, name can be an absolute path if it starts with the 
> hierarchy delimiter.
> Else it is interpreted relative to the 'root' of this namespace.
>
> This suggests to me that gnu mbox is not conforming as it is. It's not 
> clear what the "hierarchy delimiter" is of mbox, but on windows at least 
> it would appear to be the file name delimiter - backslash \\.  That 
> being so, any string passed to getFolder that doesn't start with 
> backslash should be interpreted relative to the root of the namespace. 
> Since windows pathnames start with a drive letter, that means passing an 
> absolute file name in windows should be interpreted relative. Thus mbox 
> is non-conforming.
>
> That to me is further evidence that mbox names shouldn't be the file 
> name but rather the relative name. Anybody disagree?

Patches are always welcome.


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