nametrans confusion ...

[Allan Wind]

On 2012-02-08 14:18:05, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> Amongst the stderr I see these referring to getmail:
> 
>   there2here(MD/OLD/2012/getmail) -> OLD/2012/getmail
>   there2here(MD/getmail) -> getmail
>   here2there(getmail) -> MD.getmail
>   here2there(OLD/2012/getmail) -> MD.OLD.2012.getmail
>   here2there(getmail) -> MD.getmail

I think of the two functions of inverse of each other:

there2here(imap_folder) = maildir_directory and
here2there(maildir_directory) = imap_folder

In your example you map:

there2here(MD/OLD/2012/getmail) = OLD/2012/getmail but
here2there(OLD/2012/getmail) != MD/OLD/2012/getmail


/Allan
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