<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
<pre>
- <b>notmuch</b> <b>compact</b> [ --quiet ] [ --backup=<<u>directory</u>> ]
+ <b>notmuch</b> <b>compact</b> [--quiet] [--backup=<<u>directory</u>>]
</pre>
<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<pre>
- The <b>compact</b> command can be used to compact the notmuch database. This
+ The <b>compact</b> command can be used to compact the notmuch database. This
can both reduce the space required by the database and improve lookup
performance.
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 <b>--backup=</b><directory> option is used.
+ database is discarded, unless the <b>--backup=</b><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 <b>compact</b> include
- <b>--backup=</b><directory>
+ <b>--backup=<directory></b>
+ 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 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.
-
- <b>--quiet</b>
-
- Do not report database compaction progress to stdout.
+ <b>--quiet</b>
+ Do not report database compaction progress to stdout.
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<h2>ENVIRONMENT</h2>
of notmuch.
<b>NOTMUCH</b>_<b>CONFIG</b>
- 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.
</pre>
<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<pre>
- <a href='../notmuch-1/'>notmuch</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-count-1/'>notmuch-count</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-dump-1/'>notmuch-dump</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-hooks-5/'>notmuch-hooks</a>(5), <a href='../notmuch-insert-1/'>not-</a>
- <a href='../notmuch-insert-1/'>much-insert</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-new-1/'>notmuch-new</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-reply-1/'>notmuch-reply</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-restore-1/'>notmuch-restore</a>(1),
- <a href='../notmuch-search-1/'>notmuch-search</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-search-terms-7/'>notmuch-search-terms</a>(7), <a href='../notmuch-show-1/'>notmuch-show</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-tag-1/'>notmuch-</a>
- <a href='../notmuch-tag-1/'>tag</a>(1)
+ <a href='../notmuch-1/'>notmuch</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-count-1/'>notmuch-count</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-dump-1/'>notmuch-dump</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-hooks-5/'>notmuch-hooks</a>(5), <a href='../notmuch-insert-1/'>not‐</a>
+ <a href='../notmuch-insert-1/'>much-insert</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-new-1/'>notmuch-new</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-reply-1/'>notmuch-reply</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-restore-1/'>notmuch-restore</a>(1),
+ <a href='../notmuch-search-1/'>notmuch-search</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-search-terms-7/'>notmuch-search-terms</a>(7), <a href='../notmuch-show-1/'>notmuch-show</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-tag-1/'>not‐</a>
+ <a href='../notmuch-tag-1/'>much-tag</a>(1)
+</pre>
+
+<h2>AUTHOR</h2>
+<pre>
+ Carl Worth and many others
+</pre>
+
+<h2>COPYRIGHT</h2>
+<pre>
+ 2009-2015, Carl Worth and many others
</pre>
-<h2>Notmuch 0.17</h2>
+<h2>0.21</h2>