[Python-Dev] PyS60 - mailbox

[R. David Murray]

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 at 22:41, Mahesh S wrote:
> I am from the PyS60 (Python port on S60 platform) team. We have ported the
> Python 2.5.4 core in the latest 1.9.x series of PyS60.
> http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/PyS60
>
> Currently we have a problem with the mailbox module. Check the code snippet
> below, from the mailbox module.
>
> *def clean(self):
>        """Delete old files in "tmp"."""
>        now = time.time()
>        for entry in os.listdir(os.path.join(self._**path, 'tmp')):
>            path = os.path.join(self._path, 'tmp', entry)
>            if now - os.path.getatime(path) > 129600:   # 60 * 60 * 36
>                os.remove(path)*
>
> The code in red, tries to delete the files that are not accessed in the last
> 36 hours. Any idea as to how this is supposed to work on platforms that do
> not support access time, for example Symbian/S60 ? Any work around ?

Many unix systems (especially laptops) now run with the 'noatime' option
set on their file systems.  On my system with noatime set, atime appears
to be equal to mtime, so assuming you have mtime, returning that for
atime would appear to be de facto standards compliant.

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