Re: output file argument to notmuch dump.

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+From: Jesse Rosenthal <jrosenthal@jhu.edu>\r
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+Subject: Re: output file argument to notmuch dump.\r
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+On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:20:40 -0300, David Bremner <bremner@unb.ca> wrote:\r
+> 1) just delete the output file option from notmuch-dump, and use shell\r
+>    redirection. So far I don't see a non-contrived example when writing\r
+>    an output file directly is useful, but maybe that is just a failure\r
+>    of imagination.\r
+> \r
+> 2) delete the output file option and a global "--write" option that \r
+>    calls freopen(... stdout). As a bonus(?) this would work for any \r
+>    notmuch command.\r
+\r
+Either of these seem like the right approach to me. I might favor (1)\r
+just a bit so I don't have to choose between different ways of doing the\r
+same thing, but that's a small point. As Jamie said, they're pretty\r
+much the same.\r
+\r
+--Jesse\r