[Patch v5 5/6] notmuch-new: backup tags before database upgrade
David Bremner
david at tethera.net
Tue Apr 1 18:16:20 PDT 2014
All we do here is calculate the backup filename, and call the existing
dump routine.
Also take the opportity to add a message about being safe to
interrupt.
---
notmuch-new.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
test/T530-upgrade.sh | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/notmuch-new.c b/notmuch-new.c
index 82acf69..e0431c6 100644
--- a/notmuch-new.c
+++ b/notmuch-new.c
@@ -989,8 +989,35 @@ notmuch_new_command (notmuch_config_t *config, int argc, char *argv[])
return EXIT_FAILURE;
if (notmuch_database_needs_upgrade (notmuch)) {
- if (add_files_state.verbosity >= VERBOSITY_NORMAL)
+ time_t now = time (NULL);
+ struct tm *gm_time = gmtime (&now);
+
+ /* since dump files are written atomically, the amount of
+ * harm from overwriting one within a second seems
+ * relatively small. */
+
+ const char *backup_name =
+ talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/backup-%04d-%02d-%02d-%02d:%02d:%02d.gz",
+ dot_notmuch_path,
+ gm_time->tm_year + 1900,
+ gm_time->tm_mon + 1,
+ gm_time->tm_mday,
+ gm_time->tm_hour,
+ gm_time->tm_min,
+ gm_time->tm_sec);
+
+ if (add_files_state.verbosity >= VERBOSITY_NORMAL) {
printf ("Welcome to a new version of notmuch! Your database will now be upgraded.\n");
+ printf ("This process is safe to interrupt.\n");
+ printf ("Backing up tags to %s\n", backup_name);
+ }
+
+ if (notmuch_database_dump (notmuch, backup_name, "",
+ DUMP_FORMAT_BATCH_TAG, TRUE)) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "Backup failed. Aborting upgrade");
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+ }
+
gettimeofday (&add_files_state.tv_start, NULL);
notmuch_database_upgrade (notmuch,
add_files_state.verbosity >= VERBOSITY_NORMAL ? upgrade_print_progress : NULL,
diff --git a/test/T530-upgrade.sh b/test/T530-upgrade.sh
index 67bbf31..d46e3d1 100755
--- a/test/T530-upgrade.sh
+++ b/test/T530-upgrade.sh
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ output=$(notmuch search path:foo)
test_expect_equal "$output" ""
test_begin_subtest "database upgrade from format version 1"
-output=$(notmuch new)
+output=$(notmuch new | sed -e 's/^Backing up tags to .*$/Backing up tags to FILENAME/')
test_expect_equal "$output" "\
Welcome to a new version of notmuch! Your database will now be upgraded.
+This process is safe to interrupt.
+Backing up tags to FILENAME
Your notmuch database has now been upgraded to database format version 2.
No new mail."
--
1.9.0
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