<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
<pre>
- $DATABASEDIR/.notmuch/hooks/*
+ <hook_dir>/{pre-new, post-new, post-insert}
</pre>
<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<pre>
Hooks are scripts (or arbitrary executables or symlinks to such) that
notmuch invokes before and after certain actions. These scripts reside
- in the .notmuch/hooks directory within the database directory and must
+ in a directory defined as described in <a href='../notmuch-config-1/'>notmuch-config</a>(1). They must
have executable permissions.
The currently available hooks are described below.
<b>pre-new</b>
- This hook is invoked by the <b>new</b> command before scanning or
- importing new messages into the database. If this hook exits
- with a non-zero status, notmuch will abort further processing of
- the <b>new</b> command.
+ This hook is invoked by the <b>new</b> command before scanning or im‐
+ porting new messages into the database. If this hook exits with
+ a non-zero status, notmuch will abort further processing of the
+ <b>new</b> command.
Typically this hook is used for fetching or delivering new mail
to be imported into the database.
<b>post-new</b>
This hook is invoked by the <b>new</b> command after new messages have
- been imported into the database and initial tags have been
- applied. The hook will not be run if there have been any errors
+ been imported into the database and initial tags have been ap‐
+ plied. The hook will not be run if there have been any errors
during the scan or import.
Typically this hook is used to perform additional query-based
<h2>COPYRIGHT</h2>
<pre>
- 2009-2020, Carl Worth and many others
+ 2009-2021, Carl Worth and many others
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-<h2>0.31</h2>
+<h2>0.32</h2>