X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman1%2Fnotmuch.rst;h=40fd335bd8240c1eeb3b7c96a267fa19e6f624b8;hb=178d62cf9c9959fe603c9ffef9fa90f65b67dcd5;hp=d773369ecb4a82a3dc509d018f9325339568a893;hpb=83e9df98a03d46c3d6b0074b51ea0971947cf058;p=notmuch diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch.rst index d773369e..40fd335b 100644 --- a/doc/man1/notmuch.rst +++ b/doc/man1/notmuch.rst @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ While the command-line program ``notmuch`` provides powerful functionality, it does not provide the most convenient interface for that functionality. More sophisticated interfaces are expected to be built on top of either the command-line interface, or more likely, on -top of the notmuch library interface. See http://notmuchmail.org for +top of the notmuch library interface. See https://notmuchmail.org for more about alternate interfaces to notmuch. The emacs-based interface to notmuch (available under **emacs/** in the Notmuch source distribution) is probably the most widely used at this time. @@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ OPTIONS Supported global options for ``notmuch`` include - ``--help`` + ``--help`` [command-name] Print a synopsis of available commands and exit. + With an optional command name, show the man page + for that subcommand. ``--version`` Print the installed version of notmuch, and exit. @@ -49,9 +51,16 @@ Supported global options for ``notmuch`` include Specify the configuration file to use. This overrides any configuration file specified by ${NOTMUCH\_CONFIG}. + ``--uuid=HEX`` + Enforce that the database UUID (a unique identifier which + persists until e.g. the database is compacted) + is HEX; exit with an error if it is not. This is useful to + detect rollover in modification counts on messages. You can + find this UUID using e.g. ``notmuch count --lastmod`` + All global options except ``--config`` can also be specified after the -command. For example, ``notmuch subcommand --version`` is equivalent to -``notmuch --version subcommand``. +command. For example, ``notmuch subcommand --uuid=HEX`` is +equivalent to ``notmuch --uuid=HEX subcommand``. COMMANDS ======== @@ -107,6 +116,29 @@ dump of email tags for backup purposes, and to restore from that dump. The **config** command can be used to get or set settings in the notmuch configuration file. +CUSTOM COMMANDS +--------------- + +If the given command is not known to notmuch, notmuch tries to execute +the external **notmuch-** in ${PATH} instead. This allows +users to have their own notmuch related tools to be run via the +notmuch command. By design, this does not allow notmuch's own commands +to be overridden using external commands. + +OPTION SYNTAX +------------- + +All options accepting an argument can be used with '=' or ':' as a +separator. For the cases where it's not ambiguous (in particular +excluding boolean options), a space can also be used. The following +are all equivalent: + +:: + + notmuch --config=alt-config config get user.name + notmuch --config:alt-config config get user.name + notmuch --config alt-config config get user.name + ENVIRONMENT =========== @@ -129,13 +161,13 @@ of notmuch. SEE ALSO ======== -**notmuch-config(1)**, **notmuch-count(1)**, **notmuch-dump(1)**, -**notmuch-hooks(5)**, **notmuch-insert(1)**, **notmuch-new(1)**, +**notmuch-address(1)**, **notmuch-compact(1)**, **notmuch-config(1)**, +**notmuch-count(1)**, **notmuch-dump(1)**, **notmuch-hooks(5)**, +**notmuch-insert(1)**, **notmuch-new(1)**, **notmuch-reindex(1)**, **notmuch-reply(1)**, **notmuch-restore(1)**, **notmuch-search(1)**, -**notmuch-search-terms(7)**, **notmuch-show(1)**, **notmuch-tag(1)**, -**notmuch-address(1)** +**notmuch-search-terms(7)**, **notmuch-show(1)**, **notmuch-tag(1)** -The notmuch website: **http://notmuchmail.org** +The notmuch website: **https://notmuchmail.org** CONTACT =======