X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=notmuch.c;h=c75b0188e7dfc901d9822558135117c404b93bde;hb=78632345868b5e4753ad402c806c29569946ce89;hp=68a785e25bf0b826a17071bc8162edefe30fb87b;hpb=82957c963296bb9d2147ce5374b940463facd9ec;p=notmuch

diff --git a/notmuch.c b/notmuch.c
index 68a785e2..c75b0188 100644
--- a/notmuch.c
+++ b/notmuch.c
@@ -429,11 +429,18 @@ notmuch_command (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
  * false on errors.
  */
 static bool
-try_external_command (char *argv[])
+try_external_command (const char *config_file_name, char *argv[])
 {
     char *old_argv0 = argv[0];
     bool ret = true;
 
+    if (config_file_name) {
+	if (setenv ("NOTMUCH_CONFIG", config_file_name, 1)) {
+	    perror ("setenv");
+	    exit (1);
+	}
+    }
+
     argv[0] = talloc_asprintf (NULL, "notmuch-%s", old_argv0);
 
     /*
@@ -493,7 +500,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     /* if command->function is NULL, try external command */
     if (! command || ! command->function) {
 	/* This won't return if the external command is found. */
-	if (try_external_command (argv + opt_index))
+	if (try_external_command (config_file_name, argv + opt_index))
 	    fprintf (stderr, "Error: Unknown command '%s' (see \"notmuch help\")\n",
 		     command_name);
 	ret = EXIT_FAILURE;