[Dovecot] Bash script to mark all mail read in Maildir + Dovecot

[Steve]

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:26:49 +0000
> Von: "Andrew Oakley" <andrew at aoakley.com>
> An: dovecot at dovecot.org
> Betreff: [Dovecot] Bash script to mark all mail read in Maildir + Dovecot

> Hi, I'm writing a script to mark all new mail read, including all mail
> in folders, for my system which uses Maildir and Dovecot.
> 
> The reason for this script is that I use Google Mail at work, which
> forwards to my SMTP/IMAP system at home. When I've finished my last
> check of GMail at work, I want to be able to quickly mark all mail as
> read at home too.
> 
> Basically this script moves everything from all /new/ directories to
> /cur/ directories and appends :2,S ("Seen" info status) to the
> filename.
> 
> It seems to work, but I'm relatively new to IMAP and Maildir. Can
> anyone spot any potential problems? Thanks.
> 
I spot a issue with folders having a space in them. Then your script would not work.


> ----cut here---
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> # markallread by Andrew Oakley www.aoakley.com Public Domain 2009-01-09
> # A script to mark all MAILDIR mail as read, including folders
> # Assumes Dovecot folder naming dot prefix eg. ~/.maildir/.foldername
> 
> # Loop through ~/.maildir/.foldername/new/ directories
> # This also does the ~/.maildir Inbox since it matches ~/.maildir/./new/
> for i in `ls -1 ~/.maildir/.*/new/*`
> do
>   # Replace /new/ with /cur/
>   # Also add status "seen" to message by appending :2,S to filename
>   # as per http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html
>   mv $i `echo $i | sed -r "s/^(.*)\/new\/(.*)$/\1\/cur\/\2:2,S/"`
> done
> 
> ----end cut here---
> 
Out of my head without testing, I would do it that way:
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#!/bin/bash
find ~/.maildir/ -type d -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -name "new" | while read foo
do
	cd "${foo}" && {
		for bar in *
		do
			mv -iv ${bar} ../cur/${bar}:2,S
		done
	}
done
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> -- 
> Andrew Oakley andrew at aoakley.com
>
Steve

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