#!/usr/bin/python3 # mbox2maildir -- convert an mbox to a maildir using Python's libraries # Copyright (C) 2018 Sean Whitton # # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at # your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU # General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # Credits: # Daniel Kahn Gillmor made the suggestion in Debian bug #863570 that # Python's mailbox library could be used for the purpose of converting # a mbox to a maildir. import os import sys import mailbox def eprint(*args, **kwargs): print(*args, file=sys.stderr, **kwargs) us = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]) if len(sys.argv) != 3: eprint(us + ": usage: " + us + " MBOX MAILDIR") sys.exit(1) source_path = sys.argv[1] dest_path = sys.argv[2] source = mailbox.mbox(source_path) dest = mailbox.Maildir(dest_path) for message in source: dest.add(message)