From 2094037de1eff3efdd468d2cca6366b7863feed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 22:21:10 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Truncate local status folders on creation

Should help eliminate problems with old cache

refs deb#459985, refs #19
---
 offlineimap/repository/LocalStatus.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/offlineimap/repository/LocalStatus.py b/offlineimap/repository/LocalStatus.py
index c30e1f1..0a13706 100644
--- a/offlineimap/repository/LocalStatus.py
+++ b/offlineimap/repository/LocalStatus.py
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ class LocalStatusRepository(BaseRepository):
         return os.path.join(self.directory, foldername)
 
     def makefolder(self, foldername):
-        # "touch" the file.
-        file = open(self.getfolderfilename(foldername), "ab")
+        # "touch" the file, truncating it.
+        file = open(self.getfolderfilename(foldername), "wb")
         file.close()
         # Invalidate the cache.
         self.folders = None