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.

SEE ALSO

       notmuch,  notmuch-count,  notmuch-dump,  notmuch-hooks,   notmuch-insert,   notmuch-new,   notmuch-reply,
       notmuch-restore, notmuch-search, notmuch-search-terms, notmuch-show, notmuch-tag

AUTHOR

       Carl Worth and many others

COPYRIGHT

       2009-2024, Carl Worth and many others

0.38.3                                            Mar 31, 2024                                NOTMUCH-COMPACT(1)