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This is helpful for things like indexes that other mail programs may have left around. It also means we can make the initial instructions much easier, (the user need not worry about moving away auxiliary files from some other email program).
138 lines
4.6 KiB
C
138 lines
4.6 KiB
C
/* notmuch - Not much of an email library, (just index and search)
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*
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* Copyright © 2009 Carl Worth
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*
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* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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* (at your option) any later version.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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* along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ .
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*
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* Author: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
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*/
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#ifndef NOTMUCH_H
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#define NOTMUCH_H
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#ifdef __cplusplus
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# define NOTMUCH_BEGIN_DECLS extern "C" {
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# define NOTMUCH_END_DECLS }
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#else
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# define NOTMUCH_BEGIN_DECLS
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# define NOTMUCH_END_DECLS
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#endif
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NOTMUCH_BEGIN_DECLS
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/* Status codes used for the return values of most functions.
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*
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* A zero value (NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) indicates that the function
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* completed without error. Any other value indicates an error as
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* follows:
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*
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* NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: No error occurred.
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*
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* NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred
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*
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* NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL: A file was presented that doesn't
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* appear to be an email message.
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*/
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typedef enum _notmuch_status {
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NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS = 0,
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NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION,
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NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL
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} notmuch_status_t;
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/* An opaque data structure representing a notmuch database. See
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* notmuch_database_open and other notmuch_database functions
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* below. */
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typedef struct _notmuch_database notmuch_database_t;
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/* Create a new, empty notmuch database located at 'path'.
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*
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* The path should be a top-level directory to a collection of
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* plain-text email messages (one message per file). This call will
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* create a new ".notmuch" directory within 'path' where notmuch will
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* store its data.
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*
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* Passing a value of NULL for 'path' will cause notmuch to open the
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* default database. The default database path can be specified by the
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* NOTMUCH_BASE environment variable, and is equivalent to
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* ${HOME}/mail if NOTMUCH_BASE is not set.
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*
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* After a successful call to notmuch_database_create, the returned
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* database will be open so the caller should call
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* notmuch_database_close when finished with it.
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*
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* The database will not yet have any data in it
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* (notmuch_database_create itself is a very cheap function). Messages
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* contained within 'path' can be added to the database by calling
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* notmuch_database_add_message.
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*
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* In case of any failure, this function returns NULL, (after printing
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* an error message on stderr).
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*/
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notmuch_database_t *
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notmuch_database_create (const char *path);
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/* Open a an existing notmuch database located at 'path'.
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*
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* The database should have been created at some time in the past,
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* (not necessarily by this process), by calling
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* notmuch_database_create with 'path'.
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*
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* An existing notmuch database can be identified by the presence of a
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* directory named ".notmuch" below 'path'.
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*
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* Passing a value of NULL for 'path' will cause notmuch to open the
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* default database. The default database path can be specified by the
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* NOTMUCH_BASE environment variable, and is equivalent to
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* ${HOME}/mail if NOTMUCH_BASE is not set.
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*
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* The caller should call notmuch_database_close when finished with
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* this database.
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*
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* In case of any failure, this function returns NULL, (after printing
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* an error message on stderr).
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*/
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notmuch_database_t *
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notmuch_database_open (const char *path);
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/* Close the given notmuch database, freeing all associated
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* resources. See notmuch_database_open. */
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void
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notmuch_database_close (notmuch_database_t *database);
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const char *
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notmuch_database_get_path (notmuch_database_t *database);
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/* Add a new message to the given notmuch database.
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*
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* Here,'filename' should be a path relative to the the path of
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* 'database' (see notmuch_database_get_path). The file should be a
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* single mail message (not a multi-message mbox) that is expected to
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* remain at its current location, (since the notmuch database will
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* reference the filename, and will not copy the entire contents of
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* the file.
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*
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* Return value:
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*
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* NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Message successfully added to database.
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*
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* NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL: the contents of filename don't look
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* like an email message. Nothing added to the database.
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*/
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notmuch_status_t
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notmuch_database_add_message (notmuch_database_t *database,
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const char *filename);
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NOTMUCH_END_DECLS
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#endif
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