X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=notmuch-search.c;h=aa6662bd73b62b3708e363f196abc9abf39b0f0e;hp=f7f9e70c041d746df56a6bc0386bc06358a67765;hb=8aa339ac770f77009593b77dfdc68cff53fa02ae;hpb=2ce25b93a72b4a8d6daa5321f9ef7df0772a789f

diff --git a/notmuch-search.c b/notmuch-search.c
index f7f9e70c..aa6662bd 100644
--- a/notmuch-search.c
+++ b/notmuch-search.c
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ notmuch_search_command (void *ctx, int argc, char *argv[])
     if (config == NULL)
 	return 1;
 
-    notmuch = notmuch_database_open (notmuch_config_get_database_path (config));
+    notmuch = notmuch_database_open (notmuch_config_get_database_path (config),
+				     NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY);
     if (notmuch == NULL)
 	return 1;
 
@@ -138,6 +139,10 @@ notmuch_search_command (void *ctx, int argc, char *argv[])
 	fprintf (stderr, "Out of memory.\n");
 	return 1;
     }
+    if (*query_str == '\0') {
+	fprintf (stderr, "Error: notmuch search requires at least one search term.\n");
+	return 1;
+    }
 
     query = notmuch_query_create (notmuch, query_str);
     if (query == NULL) {