/* Get a string representation of a notmuch_status_t value.
*
- * The result is readonly.
+ * The result is read-only.
*/
const char *
notmuch_status_to_string (notmuch_status_t status);
double progress),
void *closure);
+/* Begin an atomic database operation.
+ *
+ * Any modifications performed between a successful begin and a
+ * notmuch_database_end_atomic will be applied to the database
+ * atomically. Note that, unlike a typical database transaction, this
+ * only ensures atomicity, not durability; neither begin nor end
+ * necessarily flush modifications to disk.
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully entered atomic section.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred;
+ * atomic section not entered.
+ */
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_database_begin_atomic (notmuch_database_t *notmuch);
+
+/* Indicate the end of an atomic database operation.
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully completed atomic section.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred;
+ * atomic section not ended.
+ */
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_database_end_atomic (notmuch_database_t *notmuch);
+
/* Retrieve a directory object from the database for 'path'.
*
* Here, 'path' should be a path relative to the path of 'database'
*
* It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from
* the notmuch_threads_t object will be reclaimed when the
- * containg query object is destroyed.
+ * containing query object is destroyed.
*/
void
notmuch_threads_destroy (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
*
* Specifically, for each filename corresponding to this message:
*
- * Rename the file so that its filename ends with the sequence ":2,"
- * followed by zero or more of the following single-character flags
- * (in ASCII order):
+ * If the filename is not in a maildir directory, do nothing. (A
+ * maildir directory is determined as a directory named "new" or
+ * "cur".) Similarly, if the filename has invalid maildir info,
+ * (repeated or outof-ASCII-order flag characters after ":2,"), then
+ * do nothing.
+ *
+ * If the filename is in a maildir directory, rename the file so that
+ * its filename ends with the sequence ":2," followed by zero or more
+ * of the following single-character flags (in ASCII order):
*
* 'D' iff the message has the "draft" tag
* 'F' iff the message has the "flagged" tag
* 'R' iff the message has the "replied" tag
* 'S' iff the message does not have the "unread" tag
*
- * Warning: any existing flags unmentioned in the list above will be
- * removed by this renaming.
+ * Any existing flags unmentioned in the list above will be preserved
+ * in the renaming.
*
* Also, if this filename is in a directory named "new", rename it to
* be within the neighboring directory named "cur".