def refilemessages(self, list, tofolder, keepsequences=0):
        """Refile one or more messages -- may raise os.error.
        'tofolder' is an open folder object."""
        errors = []
        refiled = {}
        for n in list:
            ton = tofolder.getlast() + 1
            path = self.getmessagefilename(n)
            topath = tofolder.getmessagefilename(ton)
            try:
                os.rename(path, topath)
            except os.error:
                # Try copying
                try:
                    shutil.copy2(path, topath)
                    os.unlink(path)
                except (__HOLE__, os.error), msg:
                    errors.append(msg)
                    try:
                        os.unlink(topath)
                    except os.error:
                        pass
                    continue
            tofolder.setlast(ton)
            refiled[n] = ton
        if refiled:
            if keepsequences:
                tofolder._copysequences(self, refiled.items())
            self.removefromallsequences(refiled.keys())
        if errors:
            if len(errors) == 1:
                raise os.error, errors[0]
            else:
                raise os.error, ('multiple errors:', errors)
dataset/ETHPy150Open Southpaw-TACTIC/TACTIC/src/context/client/tactic-api-python-4.0.api04/Lib/mhlib.py/Folder.refilemessages