X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=manpages%2Fnotmuch-compact-1.mdwn;h=8f8cf6a56d230598c198a79881372a2e768969f5;hb=219490b75a85ca18d449168575a0c7538e71612e;hp=b9c846b922c419f4632347789c05021d0c942fd6;hpb=0add150ffd941ea7ed64a9116929aaf2daa927a5;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/manpages/notmuch-compact-1.mdwn b/manpages/notmuch-compact-1.mdwn index b9c846b..8f8cf6a 100644 --- a/manpages/notmuch-compact-1.mdwn +++ b/manpages/notmuch-compact-1.mdwn @@ -18,42 +18,28 @@ 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. + database is discarded, unless the --backup=<directory> option is used. - Note that the database write lock will be held during the compaction + 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>> + --backup=<directory> + Save the current database to the given directory before replacâ + 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. - Save the current database to the given directory before - replacing it with the compacted database. The backup direc- - tory 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. - - -
- 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. + --quiet + Do not report database compaction progress to stdout.
- notmuch(1), notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-hooks(5), not- + notmuch(1), notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-hooks(5), notâ much-insert(1), notmuch-new(1), notmuch-reply(1), notmuch-restore(1), - notmuch-search(1), notmuch-search-terms(7), notmuch-show(1), not- + notmuch-search(1), notmuch-search-terms(7), notmuch-show(1), notâ much-tag(1)@@ -64,7 +50,7 @@
- 2014, Carl Worth and many others + 2009-2022, Carl Worth and many others-