def get_directory(self, path):
"""Returns a :class:`Directory` of path,
- (creating it if it does not exist(?))
:param path: An unicode string containing the path relative to the path
of database (see :meth:`get_path`), or else should be an absolute
:returns: :class:`Directory` or raises an exception.
:raises: :exc:`FileError` if path is not relative database or absolute
with initial components same as database.
- :raises: :exc:`ReadOnlyDatabaseError` if the database has not been
- opened in read-write mode
"""
self._assert_db_is_initialized()
retry.
:raises: :exc:`NotInitializedError` if the database was not
intitialized.
- :raises: :exc:`ReadOnlyDatabaseError` if the database has not been
- opened in read-write mode
*Added in notmuch 0.9*"""
self._assert_db_is_initialized()
- # work around libnotmuch calling exit(3), see
- # id:20120221002921.8534.57091@thinkbox.jade-hamburg.de
- # TODO: remove once this issue is resolved
- if self.mode != Database.MODE.READ_WRITE:
- raise ReadOnlyDatabaseError('The database has to be opened in '
- 'read-write mode for get_directory')
-
msg_p = NotmuchMessageP()
status = Database._find_message_by_filename(self._db, _str(filename),
byref(msg_p))