- return config.get('database', 'path')
-
- @property
- def db_p(self):
- """Property returning a pointer to `notmuch_database_t` or `None`
-
- This should normally not be needed by a user (and is not yet
- guaranteed to remain stable in future versions).
- """
- return self._db
-
-
-class Directory(object):
- """Represents a directory entry in the notmuch directory
-
- Modifying attributes of this object will modify the
- database, not the real directory attributes.
-
- The Directory object is usually derived from another object
- e.g. via :meth:`Database.get_directory`, and will automatically be
- become invalid whenever that parent is deleted. You should
- therefore initialized this object handing it a reference to the
- parent, preventing the parent from automatically being garbage
- collected.
- """
-
- """notmuch_directory_get_mtime"""
- _get_mtime = nmlib.notmuch_directory_get_mtime
- _get_mtime.argtypes = [NotmuchDirectoryP]
- _get_mtime.restype = c_long
-
- """notmuch_directory_set_mtime"""
- _set_mtime = nmlib.notmuch_directory_set_mtime
- _set_mtime.argtypes = [NotmuchDirectoryP, c_long]
- _set_mtime.restype = c_uint
-
- """notmuch_directory_get_child_files"""
- _get_child_files = nmlib.notmuch_directory_get_child_files
- _get_child_files.argtypes = [NotmuchDirectoryP]
- _get_child_files.restype = NotmuchFilenamesP
-
- """notmuch_directory_get_child_directories"""
- _get_child_directories = nmlib.notmuch_directory_get_child_directories
- _get_child_directories.argtypes = [NotmuchDirectoryP]
- _get_child_directories.restype = NotmuchFilenamesP
-
- def _assert_dir_is_initialized(self):
- """Raises a NotmuchError(:attr:`STATUS`.NOT_INITIALIZED)
- if dir_p is None"""
- if not self._dir_p:
- raise NotInitializedError()
+ db_path = config.get('database', 'path')
+ if not os.path.isabs(db_path):
+ db_path = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join("~", db_path))
+ return db_path
+
+ """notmuch_database_get_config"""
+ _get_config = nmlib.notmuch_database_get_config
+ _get_config.argtypes = [NotmuchDatabaseP, c_char_p, POINTER(c_char_p)]
+ _get_config.restype = c_uint
+
+ def get_config(self, key):
+ """Return the value of the given config key.
+
+ Note that only config values that are stored in the database are
+ searched and returned. The config file is not read.
+
+ :param key: the config key under which a value should be looked up, it
+ should probably be in the form "section.key"
+ :type key: str
+ :returns: the config value or the empty string if no value is present
+ for that key
+ :rtype: str
+ :raises: :exc:`NotmuchError` in case of failure.