reconstruct doing nothing

[Jo Rhett]

Add "/*" and "/*/*" to the reconstruction path and it works.  Gabor's 
patch might also work for you. (I haven't tested yet)

Tom Bryntesen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> What's the conclusion on this problem? Anyone? I'm also struggling trying to 
> recreate a users e-mails...
> Running: Cyrus v2.2.12-Debian-2.2.12-4ubuntu1 with LMTPA on a 
> Ubuntu-system...
> [kernel 2.6.15-27-server]...
> 
> - bryntez -
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bron Gondwana" <brong at fastmail.fm>
> To: "Alain Spineux" <aspineux at gmail.com>; "Rudy Gevaert" 
> <Rudy.Gevaert at ugent.be>
> Cc: "Bart Coninckx" <info at bitsandtricks.com>; "Info Cyrus" 
> <info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:46 PM
> Subject: Re: reconstruct doing nothing
> 
> 
>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:29:36 +0100, "Alain Spineux" <aspineux at gmail.com> 
>> said:
>>> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Rudy Gevaert <Rudy.Gevaert at ugent.be>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Gabor Gombas wrote:
>>>>  > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 04:57:18PM +0100, Bart Coninckx wrote:
>>>>  >
>>>>  >> Gabor, is this patch relevant when I do get a result onscreen from
>>>>  >> "reconstruct"?
>>>>  >
>>>>  > Without the patch, "reconstruct -r" processes only the exact mailbox
>>>>  > given on the command line but does not descend into subfolders, like
>>>>  > when the "-r" switch was not given at all. At least that's the case 
>>>> with
>>>>  > my configuration.
>>>>
>>>>  Some time ago I noticed the same, but some time after that it did
>>>>  recurse.  Anyway, doing reconstruct -rfx 
>>>> user/first.lastname/*@domain.com
>>>>  reconstructs the sub folders too.
>>>>
>>> I thing '*' and '%' are used as wildcard in the list of know
>>> mailboxes, I means the mailbox.db
>>>
>>> Then
>>>
>>> reconstruct user/first.lastname/*@domain.com  #withount -r
>>>
>>> display all known sub folder of mailbox first.last at domain.com except
>>> Inbox itself !!!!
>>>
>>> Then to repair an inbox and all its folders 2 commands are required !
>>>
>>> reconstruct user/first.lastname at domain.com
>>> reconstruct user/first.lastname/*@domain.com
>>>
>>> I suppose
>>>
>>> reconstruct -r user/first.lastname at domain.com  #withount * but with -r
>>>
>>> SOULD do the same. But is not working for me. The -f doest help more if
>>> the mailbox is already knwon !
>>>
>>> If I copy my Sent folder into a new Foo folder then run (create a new
>>> mailbox without
>>> telling to cyrus), then use
>>>
>>> reconstruct -f user/first.lastname at domain.com  # without a -r but
>>> (work same with -r )
>>>
>>> It display
>>>
>>> discovered domain.com!first.last.Foo
>>>
>>>
>>> Conclusion
>>> ========
>>>
>>> - -r looks to be useless
>>> - -f discover yet unknow folder, recursively too, but only inside new
>>> folder, not if already known, use * to for a full discovery in two
>>> time user/first.lastname at domain.com and
>>> user/first.lastname/*@domain.com
>>> - '*' and '%' allow to walk around the mailbox tree, but only inside
>>> already know folder
>>>
>>> This was tested on a 2.3.11
>> Try this:
>>
>> reconstruct -r 'domain.com!user/first.lastname'
>>
>> (yay internal representations leaking)
>> -- 
>>  Bron Gondwana
>>  brong at fastmail.fm
>>
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