Supported options for **compact** include
- ``--backup=``\ <directory>
- Save the current database to the given directory before
- replacing it with the compacted database. The backup directory
- must not exist and it must reside on the same mounted filesystem
- as the current database.
+``--backup=``\ <directory>
+ Save the current database to the given directory before replacing
+ it with the compacted database. The backup directory 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
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SEE ALSO
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-**notmuch(1)**, **notmuch-count(1)**, **notmuch-dump(1)**,
-**notmuch-hooks(5)**, **notmuch-insert(1)**, **notmuch-new(1)**,
-**notmuch-reply(1)**, **notmuch-restore(1)**, **notmuch-search(1)**,
-**notmuch-search-terms(7)**, **notmuch-show(1)**, **notmuch-tag(1)**
+**notmuch(1)**,
+**notmuch-count(1)**,
+**notmuch-dump(1)**,
+**notmuch-hooks(5)**,
+**notmuch-insert(1)**,
+**notmuch-new(1)**,
+**notmuch-reply(1)**,
+**notmuch-restore(1)**,
+**notmuch-search(1)**,
+**notmuch-search-terms(7)**,
+**notmuch-show(1)**,
+**notmuch-tag(1)**