NOTMUCH-COMPACT(1)

NAME

       notmuch-compact - compact the notmuch database

SYNOPSIS

       notmuch compact [ --quiet ] [ --backup=<directory> ]

DESCRIPTION

       The  compact  command can be used to compact the notmuch database. This
       can both reduce the space required by the database and  improve  lookup
       performance.

       The  compacted  database is built in a temporary directory and is later
       moved into the place of the origin database. The  original  uncompacted
       database  is discarded, unless the --backup=<directory> option is used.

       Note that the database write lock will be held  during  the  compaction
       process (which may be quite long) to protect data integrity.

       Supported options for compact include

           --backup=<directory>

               Save the current database to the given directory before replac-
               ing it with the compacted database. The backup  directory  must
               not  exist and it must reside on the same mounted filesystem as
               the current database.

           --quiet

               Do not report database compaction progress to stdout.

ENVIRONMENT

       The following environment variables can be used to control the behavior
       of notmuch.

       NOTMUCH_CONFIG
              Specifies  the  location of the notmuch configuration file. Not-
              much will use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this  variable  is  not
              set.

SEE ALSO

       notmuch(1),  notmuch-count(1),  notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-hooks(5), not-
       much-insert(1), notmuch-new(1),  notmuch-reply(1),  notmuch-restore(1),
       notmuch-search(1),  notmuch-search-terms(7),  notmuch-show(1), notmuch-
       tag(1)

Notmuch 0.17