X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=manpages%2Fnotmuch-compact-1.mdwn;h=b71f79fd9c8e93f0e6fac32e65b26dead4cffd81;hb=887679e40c165171f4f9687932439d1b9fe7d338;hp=b9c846b922c419f4632347789c05021d0c942fd6;hpb=0add150ffd941ea7ed64a9116929aaf2daa927a5;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/manpages/notmuch-compact-1.mdwn b/manpages/notmuch-compact-1.mdwn index b9c846b..b71f79f 100644 --- a/manpages/notmuch-compact-1.mdwn +++ b/manpages/notmuch-compact-1.mdwn @@ -18,23 +18,21 @@ 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 --backup=<directory> option is used. + database is discarded, unless the --backup=<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 compact include - --backup=<&lt;directory>&gt; + --backup=<directory> + 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 - 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. - - --quiet - - Do not report database compaction progress to stdout. + --quiet + Do not report database compaction progress to stdout.

ENVIRONMENT

@@ -43,17 +41,16 @@ of notmuch. NOTMUCH_CONFIG - - 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.

SEE ALSO

-       notmuch(1),  notmuch-count(1),  notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-hooks(5), not-
-       much-insert(1), notmuch-new(1),  notmuch-reply(1),  notmuch-restore(1),
-       notmuch-search(1),   notmuch-search-terms(7),   notmuch-show(1),   not-
+       notmuch(1), notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1),  notmuch-hooks(5),  not‐
+       much-insert(1),  notmuch-new(1),  notmuch-reply(1), notmuch-restore(1),
+       notmuch-search(1),   notmuch-search-terms(7),   notmuch-show(1),   not‐
        much-tag(1)
 
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@

COPYRIGHT

-       2014, Carl Worth and many others
+       2009-2016, Carl Worth and many others
 
-

0.18

+

0.23.4