X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=notmuch.h;h=bc2caaad5c800fdca224a8288d50ff2f1dbb7ad5;hb=90f93fc9c7c6f0b86259c259ee9ba0eb08206b27;hp=02c743aa60b192ffd398d94a0b027006957c3910;hpb=defd216487bb6549d6e866fe578d2c3d3de77fd6;p=notmuch

diff --git a/notmuch.h b/notmuch.h
index 02c743aa..bc2caaad 100644
--- a/notmuch.h
+++ b/notmuch.h
@@ -49,8 +49,16 @@ typedef int notmuch_bool_t;
  *
  * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: No error occurred.
  *
+ * XXX: We don't really want to expose this lame XAPIAN_EXCEPTION
+ * value. Instead we should map to things like DATABASE_LOCKED or
+ * whatever.
+ *
  * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred
  *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR: An error occurred trying to read or
+ * 	write to a file (this could be file not found, permission
+ * 	denied, etc.)
+ *
  * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL: A file was presented that doesn't
  * 	appear to be an email message.
  *
@@ -65,6 +73,7 @@ typedef int notmuch_bool_t;
 typedef enum _notmuch_status {
     NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS = 0,
     NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION,
+    NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR,
     NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL,
     NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER,
     NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG,
@@ -72,6 +81,13 @@ typedef enum _notmuch_status {
     NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS
 } notmuch_status_t;
 
+/* Get a string representation of a notmuch_status_t value.
+ *
+ * The result is readonly.
+ */
+const char *
+notmuch_status_to_string (notmuch_status_t status);
+
 /* Various opaque data types. For each notmuch_<foo>_t see the various
  * notmuch_<foo> functions below. */
 typedef struct _notmuch_database notmuch_database_t;
@@ -169,6 +185,10 @@ notmuch_database_get_path (notmuch_database_t *database);
  *
  * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Message successfully added to database.
  *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR: an error occurred trying to open the
+ * 	file, (such as permission denied, or file not found,
+ * 	etc.). Nothing added to the database.
+ *
  * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL: the contents of filename don't look
  * 	like an email message. Nothing added to the database.
  */