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diff --git a/Lib/mailbox.py b/Lib/mailbox.py
index 2049516b2d..5f591bc349 100644
--- a/Lib/mailbox.py
+++ b/Lib/mailbox.py
@@ -308,6 +308,12 @@ class Maildir(Mailbox):
suffix = ''
uniq = os.path.basename(tmp_file.name).split(self.colon)[0]
dest = os.path.join(self._path, subdir, uniq + suffix)
+ if isinstance(message, MaildirMessage):
+ os.utime(tmp_file.name,
+ (os.path.getatime(tmp_file.name), message.get_date()))
+ # No file modification should be done after the file is moved to its
+ # final position in order to prevent race conditions with changes
+ # from other programs
try:
if hasattr(os, 'link'):
os.link(tmp_file.name, dest)
@@ -321,8 +327,6 @@ class Maildir(Mailbox):
% dest)
else:
raise
- if isinstance(message, MaildirMessage):
- os.utime(dest, (os.path.getatime(dest), message.get_date()))
return uniq
def remove(self, key):
@@ -354,11 +358,15 @@ class Maildir(Mailbox):
else:
suffix = ''
self.discard(key)
+ tmp_path = os.path.join(self._path, temp_subpath)
new_path = os.path.join(self._path, subdir, key + suffix)
- os.rename(os.path.join(self._path, temp_subpath), new_path)
if isinstance(message, MaildirMessage):
- os.utime(new_path, (os.path.getatime(new_path),
- message.get_date()))
+ os.utime(tmp_path,
+ (os.path.getatime(tmp_path), message.get_date()))
+ # No file modification should be done after the file is moved to its
+ # final position in order to prevent race conditions with changes
+ # from other programs
+ os.rename(tmp_path, new_path)
def get_message(self, key):
"""Return a Message representation or raise a KeyError."""