X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=manpages%2Fnotmuch-compact-1.mdwn;h=8f8cf6a56d230598c198a79881372a2e768969f5;hb=219490b75a85ca18d449168575a0c7538e71612e;hp=a80663992dad3a643d2c50204ddb1ad944f8f348;hpb=c63cba0c3c8f17697612a900fe41a308b878cd23;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/manpages/notmuch-compact-1.mdwn b/manpages/notmuch-compact-1.mdwn index a806639..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 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. - 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. - - -

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.
+       --quiet
+              Do not report database compaction progress to stdout.
 

SEE ALSO

-       notmuch(1),  notmuch-count(1),  notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-hooks(5), not-
+       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),   not-
+       notmuch-search(1),   notmuch-search-terms(7),   notmuch-show(1),   not‐
        much-tag(1)
 
@@ -64,7 +50,7 @@

COPYRIGHT

-       2014, Carl Worth and many others
+       2009-2022, Carl Worth and many others
 
-

0.18

+

0.35