From: Attic Hermit <fjdksl@cock.li>
To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: What is notmuch compact and should I use it?
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 09:58:26 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mv5vcvd9.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
I read the manuals of Notmuch and encountered notmuch-compact. The
manual says that it compacts the notmuch database and it will enhance
the performance of Notmuch.
What exactly is to compact the database? I noticed that the size of the
notmuch database is shrunk after `notmuch compact`, but I don't think
this procedure is gzipping the database. I thought it is something like
the garbage collecting, but I'm not sure.
And should I use it regularly? if it is, how often should it be done?
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Attic Hermit
next reply other threads:[~2017-09-16 0:58 UTC|newest]
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2017-09-16 0:58 Attic Hermit [this message]
2017-09-16 12:01 ` What is notmuch compact and should I use it? David Bremner
2017-09-16 12:52 ` Attic Hermit
2017-09-16 14:37 ` David Bremner
2017-09-16 14:46 ` Attic Hermit
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