Database(): honor NOTMUCH_CONFIG env variable for reading the standard database location.

Also replaces all Database.MODE.* defaults in the keyword arguments with their numeric replacement, they do not seem to be available yet at that time, so the python parser complained about them as being unknown.
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Sebastian Spaeth 2010-03-18 18:48:36 +01:00
parent 4ed01d055a
commit d566ae643c

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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
import ctypes
import ctypes, os
from ctypes import c_int, c_char_p, c_void_p, c_uint, c_uint64, c_bool
from cnotmuch.globals import nmlib, STATUS, NotmuchError, Enum
import logging
@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ class Database(object):
as well. Accessing these objects will lead to segfaults and
other unexpected behavior. See above for more details.
"""
MODE = Enum(['READ_ONLY','READ_WRITE'])
"""Constants: Mode in which to open the database"""
_std_db_path = None
"""Class attribute to cache user's default database"""
MODE = Enum(['READ_ONLY','READ_WRITE'])
"""Constants: Mode in which to open the database"""
"""notmuch_database_get_path (notmuch_database_t *database)"""
_get_path = nmlib.notmuch_database_get_path
_get_path.restype = c_char_p
@ -43,11 +43,14 @@ class Database(object):
_create = nmlib.notmuch_database_create
_create.restype = c_void_p
def __init__(self, path=None, create=False, mode= MODE.READ_ONLY):
"""If *path* is *None*, we will try to read a users notmuch
configuration and use his default database. If *create* is `True`,
the database will always be created in
:attr:`MODE`.READ_WRITE mode.
def __init__(self, path=None, create=False, mode= 0):
"""If *path* is *None*, we will try to read a users notmuch
configuration and use his configured database. The location of the
configuration file can be specified through the environment variable
*NOTMUCH_CONFIG*, falling back to the default `~/.notmuch-config`.
If *create* is `True`, the database will always be created in
:attr:`MODE`.READ_WRITE mode. Default mode for opening is READ_ONLY.
:param path: Directory to open/create the database in (see
above for behavior if `None`)
@ -94,14 +97,14 @@ class Database(object):
raise NotmuchError(
message="Cannot create db, this Database() already has an open one.")
res = Database._create(path, MODE.READ_WRITE)
res = Database._create(path, Database.MODE.READ_WRITE)
if res is None:
raise NotmuchError(
message="Could not create the specified database")
self._db = res
def open(self, path, mode= MODE.READ_ONLY):
def open(self, path, mode= 0):
"""Opens an existing database
This function is used by __init__() and usually does not need
@ -204,9 +207,10 @@ class Database(object):
Throws a NotmuchError if it cannot find it"""
from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
import os.path
config = SafeConfigParser()
config.read(os.path.expanduser('~/.notmuch-config'))
conf_f = os.getenv('NOTMUCH_CONFIG',
os.path.expanduser('~/.notmuch-config'))
config.read(conf_f)
if not config.has_option('database','path'):
raise NotmuchError(message=
"No DB path specified and no user default found")