X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=manpages%2Fnotmuch-compact-1.mdwn;h=bffcc5d1e5c3b7a72a6398638b9b97036602641e;hb=cf2df983cb6d13042694366be4aba76d4a98048b;hp=a80663992dad3a643d2c50204ddb1ad944f8f348;hpb=c63cba0c3c8f17697612a900fe41a308b878cd23;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/manpages/notmuch-compact-1.mdwn b/manpages/notmuch-compact-1.mdwn index a806639..bffcc5d 100644 --- a/manpages/notmuch-compact-1.mdwn +++ b/manpages/notmuch-compact-1.mdwn @@ -18,23 +18,21 @@ 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 + 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. - 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. + --quiet + Do not report database compaction progress to stdout.

ENVIRONMENT

@@ -43,17 +41,16 @@ of notmuch. NOTMUCH_CONFIG - - Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. Not- - much will use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not + Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. Not‐ + much will use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not set.

SEE ALSO

-       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(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‐
        much-tag(1)
@@ -67,4 +64,4 @@ 2014, Carl Worth and many others -

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