Supported options for **compact** include
-``--backup=``\ <directory>
- Save the current database to the given directory before replacing
- it with the compacted database. The backup directory must not
- exist and it must reside on the same mounted filesystem as the
- current database.
+.. program:: compact
-``--quiet``
- Do not report database compaction progress to stdout.
+.. option:: --backup=<directory>
-ENVIRONMENT
-===========
+ Save the current database to the given directory before replacing
+ it with the compacted database. The backup directory must not
+ exist and it must reside on the same mounted filesystem as the
+ current database.
-The following environment variables can be used to control the behavior
-of notmuch.
+.. option:: --quiet
-**NOTMUCH\_CONFIG**
- Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. Notmuch
- will use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not set.
+ Do not report database compaction progress to stdout.
SEE ALSO
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