notmuch-compact(1)

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

   2009-2016, Carl Worth and many others

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