From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21FB2431FD0 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:27:22 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Amavis-Alert: BAD HEADER SECTION, Duplicate header field: "References" X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.7 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id bWYqmhghRCw1 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:27:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-ea0-f177.google.com (mail-ea0-f177.google.com [209.85.215.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A694B429E3B for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:26:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-ea0-f177.google.com with SMTP id h10so926144eak.8 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:26:15 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:in-reply-to:references; bh=t318l0YjStni3Cs0e4lv2MAjyzvDsWgzFExMQhw3h0Y=; b=Zlx+cKYsUKiS/ye8iEgq0XbwC/2cKZsxa5YQxMDKnN/JiHqWAnZXfhD01zRj6RnoWZ OGHW41cCmNCUhIVFtPfhXMR/xb0OfbMwYNUXdSz8YhKM7TAUpEsGmEKnT+LSU9hlkmV4 cr32JDNxeKWACxrf61r13suzXv9wpYpCYktgklq5wVf0xdi0WbMlcZrw70wRsdkAnBBn R35Xqhl2UVDGWfL1Yxq2Aj2u0MhH/1lfvV1hBBF7dX2SQCpPO+I8IkNvROKZclXdiUQ4 vDxxa1vscdOoisGfuD5j6j5uoR7nBP7AdzLrbt+dG3seaSq2o20jKGmebv2qlqEXO568 BTkw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnMvGjApALvKuI6v0VpkC4RcXYwC4etsUDoBNRydUAGZDgZzcfqkShIKgXhapT/4XPSlm5Q X-Received: by 10.14.53.8 with SMTP id f8mr16145681eec.3.1393107975491; Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:26:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dsl-hkibrasgw2-58c36f-91.dhcp.inet.fi. [88.195.111.91]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id 46sm43750314ees.4.2014.02.22.14.26.14 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:26:14 -0800 (PST) From: Jani Nikula To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: [PATCH v2 12/13] man: update man pages for folder: and path: search terms Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 00:25:43 +0200 Message-Id: <821de68fd9b99fa4d3731df256a6b61653f024eb.1393105055.git.jani@nikula.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.5.3 In-Reply-To: References: In-Reply-To: References: X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:27:22 -0000 --- man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7 | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7 b/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7 index a768b630a4d1..907403dd6f2e 100644 --- a/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7 +++ b/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7 @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ terms to match against specific portions of an email, (where folder: + path: or path:/** + date:.. The @@ -101,12 +103,26 @@ thread ID values can be seen in the first column of output from The .B folder: -prefix can be used to search for email message files that are -contained within particular directories within the mail store. If the -same email message has multiple message files associated with it, it's -sufficient for a match that at least one of the files is contained -within a matching directory. Only the directory components below the -top-level mail database path are available to be searched. +and +.B path: +prefixes can be used to search for email message files that are +contained within particular directories within the mail store. The +directories are specified relative from the top-level mail database +path, and thus only the directory components below that are available +to be searched. + +The +.B folder: +prefix matches messages in the specified maildir folder, i.e. in the +specified directory and its "new" and "cur" subdirectories. The +.B path: +prefix matches messages in the specified directory only, unless the +"/**" suffix is used to denote the specified directory and all its +subdirectories recursively. For both, the empty string "" matches the +top level maildir folder or directory. If the same email message has +multiple message files associated with it, it's sufficient for a match +that at least one of the files is contained within a matching +directory. The .B date: -- 1.8.5.3