Re: [PATCH] git-mailsplit: with maildirs try to process new/ if cur/ is empty

From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 5, 2007, 22:52 UTC
Message-ID: <20071105225258.GC4208@steel.home>
In-Reply-To: <20071105124920.17726.qmail@746e9cce42b49f.315fe32.mid.smarden.org>

Gerrit Pape, Mon, Nov 05, 2007 13:49:20 +0100:

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> +	for (i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
> +		snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s/%s", path, sub[i]);
> +		if ((dir = opendir(name)) == NULL) {
> +			error("cannot opendir %s (%s)", name, strerror(errno));
> +			return -1;
> +		}

Why is missing "cur" (or "new", for that matter) a fatal error? Why is it error at all? How about just ignoring the fact?