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From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:33:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Re: Filesystem functionality used by notmuch

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+From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>
+To: Erik Quaeghebeur <notmuch@equaeghe.nospammail.net>,
+ notmuch@notmuchmail.org
+Subject: Re: Filesystem functionality used by notmuch
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+On Thu, Jan 14 2016, Erik Quaeghebeur <notmuch@equaeghe.nospammail.net> wrote:
+
+> Dear group,
+>
+>
+> Context: FUSE filesystem for accessing data in a database.
+>
+> I understand that notmuch needs to be able to read a file given a
+> filename (including its path). Are there any more requirements on the
+> filesystem. For example, I assume that filename modification is optional
+> (maildir flag changes). But perhaps notmuch makes use of times stored
+> with files or some other file property?
+
+notmuch new uses directory (and may, or may not (did not check) file) times
+to figure out new files appearing in fs.
+
+https://github.com/domo141/nottoomuch/blob/master/mboxviewfs.c is a FUSE 
+filesystem which shows files in one mbox file as separate files; it uses
+the Date: header for the times of individual files and last per month
+for a directory times (files are shown in .../yyyy-mm/ directory hierarchy).
+
+Tomi
+
+>
+> Best,
+>
+> Erik
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