Attic Hermit <fjdksl@cock.li> writes: > 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. Yes, that's approximately correct; notmuch compact is essentially equivalent to xapian compact https://xapian.org/docs/admin_notes.html#compacting-a-database > And should I use it regularly? if it is, how often should it be done? There is some tradeoff: search should be faster after a compact, but indexing many messages will likely be slower. For most people this doesn't matter too much since the number of messages added after the original index is relatively small. d _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list notmuch@notmuchmail.org https://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch