NOTMUCH-COMPACT(1) notmuch NOTMUCH-COMPACT(1)NAMEnotmuch-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 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.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables can be used to control the behavior
of notmuch.
NOTMUCH_CONFIG
Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. Not‐
much will use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not
set.
SEE ALSOnotmuch(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)AUTHOR
Carl Worth and many others
COPYRIGHT
2014, Carl Worth and many others
0.20.2 February 18, 2016 NOTMUCH-COMPACT(1)
