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notmuch-dump
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SYNOPSIS
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========
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**notmuch** **dump** [--gzip] [--format=(batch-tag|sup)] [--output=<*file*>] [--] [<*search-term*> ...]
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DESCRIPTION
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===========
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Dump tags for messages matching the given search terms.
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Output is to the given filename, if any, or to stdout.
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These tags are the only data in the notmuch database that can't be
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recreated from the messages themselves. The output of notmuch dump is
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therefore the only critical thing to backup (and much more friendly to
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incremental backup than the native database files.)
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See **notmuch-search-terms(7)** for details of the supported syntax
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for <search-terms>. With no search terms, a dump of all messages in
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the database will be generated. A ``--`` argument instructs notmuch that
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the remaining arguments are search terms.
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Supported options for **dump** include
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``--gzip``
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Compress the output in a format compatible with **gzip(1)**.
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``--format=(sup|batch-tag)``
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Notmuch restore supports two plain text dump formats, both with
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one message-id per line, followed by a list of tags.
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**batch-tag**
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The default **batch-tag** dump format is intended to more
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robust against malformed message-ids and tags containing
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whitespace or non-\ **ascii(7)** characters. Each line has the
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form::
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+<*encoded-tag*\ > +<*encoded-tag*\ > ... -- id:<*quoted-message-id*\ >
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Tags are hex-encoded by replacing every byte not matching the
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regex **[A-Za-z0-9@=.,\_+-]** with **%nn** where nn is the two
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digit hex encoding. The message ID is a valid Xapian query,
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quoted using Xapian boolean term quoting rules: if the ID
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contains whitespace or a close paren or starts with a double
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quote, it must be enclosed in double quotes and double quotes
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inside the ID must be doubled. The astute reader will notice
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this is a special case of the batch input format for
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**notmuch-tag(1)**; note that the single message-id query is
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mandatory for **notmuch-restore(1)**.
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**sup**
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The **sup** dump file format is specifically chosen to be
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compatible with the format of files produced by sup-dump. So
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if you've previously been using sup for mail, then the
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**notmuch restore** command provides you a way to import all
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of your tags (or labels as sup calls them). Each line has the
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following form::
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<*message-id*\ > **(** <*tag*\ > ... **)**
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with zero or more tags are separated by spaces. Note that
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(malformed) message-ids may contain arbitrary non-null
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characters. Note also that tags with spaces will not be
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correctly restored with this format.
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``--include=(config|properties|tags)``
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Control what kind of metadata is included in the output.
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**config**
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Output configuration data stored in the database. Each line
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starts with "#@ ", followed by a space separated key-value
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pair. Both key and value are hex encoded if needed.
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**properties**
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Output per-message (key,value) metadata. Each line starts
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with "#= ", followed by a message id, and a space separated
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list of key=value pairs. Ids, keys and values are hex encoded
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if needed. See **notmuch-properties(7)** for more details.
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**tags**
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Output per-message boolean metadata, namely tags. See *format* above
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for description of the output.
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The default is to include all available types of data. The option
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can be specified multiple times to select some subset. As of
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version 3 of the dump format, there is a header line of the
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following form::
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#notmuch-dump <*format*>:<*version*> <*included*>
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where <*included*> is a comma separated list of the above options.
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``--output=``\ <filename>
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Write output to given file instead of stdout.
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SEE ALSO
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========
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**notmuch(1)**,
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**notmuch-config(1)**,
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**notmuch-count(1)**,
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**notmuch-hooks(5)**,
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**notmuch-insert(1)**,
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**notmuch-new(1)**,
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**notmuch-properties(7)**,
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**notmuch-reply(1)**,
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**notmuch-restore(1)**,
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**notmuch-search(1)**,
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**notmuch-search-terms(7)**,
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**notmuch-show(1)**,
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**notmuch-tag(1)**
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