+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_database_open_verbose (const char *path,
+ notmuch_database_mode_t mode,
+ notmuch_database_t **database,
+ char **error_message);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve last status string for given database.
+ *
+ */
+const char *
+notmuch_database_status_string (notmuch_database_t *notmuch);
+
+/**
+ * Commit changes and close the given notmuch database.
+ *
+ * After notmuch_database_close has been called, calls to other
+ * functions on objects derived from this database may either behave
+ * as if the database had not been closed (e.g., if the required data
+ * has been cached) or may fail with a
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION.
+ *
+ * notmuch_database_close can be called multiple times. Later calls
+ * have no effect.
+ *
+ * For writable databases, notmuch_database_close commits all changes
+ * to disk before closing the database. If the caller is currently in
+ * an atomic section (there was a notmuch_database_begin_atomic
+ * without a matching notmuch_database_end_atomic), this will discard
+ * changes made in that atomic section (but still commit changes made
+ * prior to entering the atomic section).
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully closed the database.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred; the
+ * database has been closed but there are no guarantees the
+ * changes to the database, if any, have been flushed to disk.
+ */
+notmuch_status_t