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<p>mail::ACCOUNT::getParentFolder — Find parent
folder</p>
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#include <libmail/sync.H><br clear="none"/>
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mail::ACCOUNT *mail;<br clear="none"/>
const mail::folder *folder;<br clear="none"/>
mail::ACCOUNT::FolderList folderList;<br clear="none"/></p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><code class="funcdef">bool
ok=mail-><b class="fsfunc">getParentFolder</b>(</code></td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><var class="pdparam">folder</var>,</td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><var class="pdparam">folderList</var><code>)</code>;</td>
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std::string errmsg=mail->getErrmsg();<br clear="none"/></p>
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size_t nFolders=folderList::size();<br clear="none"/>
const mail::folder *folder=folderList[n];<br clear="none"/>
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<p>A mail account contains folders that are arranged in a
tree-like hierarchy. <code class="function">mail::ACCOUNT::getParentFolder</code> finds a
<em class="parameter"><code>folder</code></em>'s parent
folder (<em class="parameter"><code>folder</code></em> is
obtained from a previous <code class="function">mail::ACCOUNT::getSubFolders</code> or a <a class="link" href="account-gettoplevelfolders.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::getTopLevelFolders" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::ACCOUNT::getTopLevelFolders</span>(3x)</span></a>
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<h2>RETURN CODES AND CALLBACKS</h2>
<p>This method returns <code class="literal">true</code> if
it succeeds, or <code class="literal">false</code> if it
fails. If the method fails, use <em class="structfield"><code>mail::ACCOUNT::getErrmsg()</code></em> to
read a brief description of the error.</p>
<p>If successful, <em class="parameter"><code>folderList</code></em> will contain a
single pointer to a <span class="structname">mail::folder</span> object that will refer to
<em class="parameter"><code>folder</code></em>'s parent
folder.</p>
<p>See <a class="link" href="account-gettoplevelfolders.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::getTopLevelFolders" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::ACCOUNT::getTopLevelFolders</span>(3x)</span></a>
for additional notes and instructions on handling folder
lists.</p>
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<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p><a class="link" href="account-getsubfolders.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::getSubFolders" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::ACCOUNT::getSubFolders</span>(3x)</span></a>,
<a class="link" href="account-gettoplevelfolders.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::getTopLevelFolders" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::ACCOUNT::getTopLevelFolders</span>(3x)</span></a>.</p>
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