NAME¶
notmuch-compact - compact the notmuch database
SYNOPSIS¶
notmuch compact [--quiet] [--backup=<
directory>]
DESCRIPTION¶
The
compact 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
--backup=<directory> option is used.
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=<directory>
- Save the current database to the given directory before
replacing it with the compacted database. The backup directory 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.
ENVIRONMENT¶
The following environment variables can be used to control the behavior of
notmuch.
- NOTMUCH_CONFIG
- Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file.
Notmuch will use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not set.
SEE ALSO¶
notmuch(1),
notmuch-count(1),
notmuch-dump(1),
notmuch-hooks(5),
notmuch-insert(1),
notmuch-new(1),
notmuch-reply(1),
notmuch-restore(1),
notmuch-search(1),
notmuch-search-terms(7),
notmuch-show(1),
notmuch-tag(1)
AUTHOR¶
Carl Worth and many others
COPYRIGHT¶
2014, Carl Worth and many others