Index: mailbox/registrar.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mailutils/mailutils/mailbox/registrar.c,v
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -a -w -u -r1.15 registrar.c
--- mailbox/registrar.c	2 Jun 2004 11:03:46 -0000	1.15
+++ mailbox/registrar.c	13 Jul 2004 13:04:39 -0000
@@ -56,8 +56,19 @@
 registrar_record (record_t record)
 {
   list_t list;
+  int (*add_to_list) __P ((list_t, void *)) = NULL;
+
   registrar_get_list (&list);
-  return list_append (list, record);
+
+  /* We want the MU_PATH_SCHEME to be the last resort in folder_create()
+   * therefore we put it last on the list while all others are put first.
+   */
+  if (strncmp (record->scheme, MU_PATH_SCHEME, MU_PATH_SCHEME_LEN) == 0)
+    add_to_list = list_append;
+  else
+    add_to_list = list_prepend;
+
+  return add_to_list (list, record);
 }
 
 int
Index: mailbox/mbox/folder.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mailutils/mailutils/mailbox/mbox/folder.c,v
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -a -w -u -r1.21 folder.c
--- mailbox/mbox/folder.c	2 Jun 2004 11:03:59 -0000	1.21
+++ mailbox/mbox/folder.c	13 Jul 2004 13:04:39 -0000
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
 };
 record_t mbox_record = &_mbox_record;
 
+/* Path record can handle directories, but this under the
+ * condition that it is put last on the registrar_list.
+ * Otherwise the path_record would give a false positive
+ * for MH and maildir records as well. */
 static int
 _path_is_scheme (record_t record, const char *url)
 {
@@ -67,15 +71,15 @@
   if (!url || !record->scheme)
     return 0;
 
-  if (mu_scheme_autodetect_p (url, &path))
  /* implies if (strncmp (record->scheme, url, strlen(record->scheme)) == 0)*/
+  if (mu_scheme_autodetect_p (url, &path))
     {
       struct stat st;
       
       if (stat (path, &st) < 0)
 	return 1; /* mailbox_open will complain */
 
-      return S_ISREG (st.st_mode) || S_ISCHR (st.st_mode); 
+      return S_ISREG (st.st_mode) || S_ISCHR (st.st_mode) || S_ISDIR (st.st_mode);
     }
   return 0;
 }
@@ -253,7 +257,7 @@
 
 /* The listing is not recursif and we use glob() some expansion for us.
    Unfortunately glob() does not expand the '~'.  We also return
-   The full pathname so it can be use to create other folders.  */
+   the full pathname so it can be use to create other folders.  */
 static int
 folder_mbox_list (folder_t folder, const char *dirname, const char *pattern,
 		  struct folder_list *pflist)
@@ -430,4 +434,3 @@
     *pauth = folder->authority;
   return status;
 }
-