X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fnotmuch.h;h=82fd59980b9911d1d5a33b54212fc4a374145610;hp=9fc34ef13424ade22eb539b824316f91d4e01b50;hb=00d2ac2b41a6dba060837244ee87edce2fd1e465;hpb=a7bf045fb178b5ed48e71269427cec42c21f8cd6

diff --git a/lib/notmuch.h b/lib/notmuch.h
index 9fc34ef1..82fd5998 100644
--- a/lib/notmuch.h
+++ b/lib/notmuch.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ typedef enum _notmuch_status {
     NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG,
     NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_FREEZE_THAW,
     NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_ATOMIC,
+    NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION,
 
     NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS
 } notmuch_status_t;
@@ -215,8 +216,30 @@ notmuch_database_open (const char *path,
 void
 notmuch_database_close (notmuch_database_t *database);
 
+/* A callback invoked by notmuch_database_compact to notify the user
+ * of the progress of the compaction process.
+ */
+typedef void (*notmuch_compact_status_cb_t)(const char *message, void *closure);
+
+/* Compact a notmuch database, backing up the original database to the
+ * given path.
+ *
+ * The database will be opened with NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE
+ * during the compaction process to ensure no writes are made.
+ *
+ * If the optional callback function 'status_cb' is non-NULL, it will
+ * be called with diagnostic and informational messages. The argument
+ * 'closure' is passed verbatim to any callback invoked.
+ */
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_database_compact (const char* path,
+			  const char* backup_path,
+			  notmuch_compact_status_cb_t status_cb,
+			  void *closure);
+
 /* Destroy the notmuch database, closing it if necessary and freeing
-* all associated resources. */
+ * all associated resources.
+ */
 void
 notmuch_database_destroy (notmuch_database_t *database);
 
@@ -250,7 +273,8 @@ notmuch_database_needs_upgrade (notmuch_database_t *database);
  * provide progress indication to the user. If non-NULL it will be
  * called periodically with 'progress' as a floating-point value in
  * the range of [0.0 .. 1.0] indicating the progress made so far in
- * the upgrade process.
+ * the upgrade process.  The argument 'closure' is passed verbatim to
+ * any callback invoked.
  */
 notmuch_status_t
 notmuch_database_upgrade (notmuch_database_t *database,
@@ -767,7 +791,7 @@ notmuch_thread_get_messages (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
 int
 notmuch_thread_get_matched_messages (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
 
-/* Get the authors of 'thread'
+/* Get the authors of 'thread' as a UTF-8 string.
  *
  * The returned string is a comma-separated list of the names of the
  * authors of mail messages in the query results that belong to this
@@ -781,7 +805,7 @@ notmuch_thread_get_matched_messages (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
 const char *
 notmuch_thread_get_authors (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
 
-/* Get the subject of 'thread'
+/* Get the subject of 'thread' as a UTF-8 string.
  *
  * The subject is taken from the first message (according to the query
  * order---see notmuch_query_set_sort) in the query results that
@@ -1013,7 +1037,7 @@ notmuch_message_set_flag (notmuch_message_t *message,
 time_t
 notmuch_message_get_date  (notmuch_message_t *message);
 
-/* Get the value of the specified header from 'message'.
+/* Get the value of the specified header from 'message' as a UTF-8 string.
  *
  * Common headers are stored in the database when the message is
  * indexed and will be returned from the database.  Other headers will