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From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>
To: Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net>
Subject: Re: output file argument to notmuch dump.
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On Fri 07 Oct 2011 20:22, Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net> writes:

> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:15:39 +0300, Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> wrote:
>> The option 2, i.e. optional --write (or -o|--output) should be available;
>> someone may run notmuch without using environment that provides
>> redirections (or it is just plain simpler to give the command line option
>> instead of doing redirections).
>
> If that were the case then none of the other notmuch commands would work
> in the environment either.  If that's a concern, then notmuch should
> have a generic --redirect option that works for all commands, as Tom
> suggested out earlier.

Good point. I Agree. So, no spesific --write|-o|--output for dump is my
current vote.

>
> jamie.

Tomi