Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10D9D431FD6 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2014 14:41:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Amavis-Alert: BAD HEADER SECTION, Duplicate header field: "References" X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.7 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id CHjxEkdDM8Fg for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2014 14:41:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-la0-f51.google.com (mail-la0-f51.google.com [209.85.215.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8B7DE431FC7 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2014 14:41:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-la0-f51.google.com with SMTP id pv20so4103719lab.38 for ; Sun, 09 Mar 2014 14:41:02 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:in-reply-to:references; bh=8+tKeSUc7vvZ3qaHd49xyzxN0HCe2+bV4jeanqxo5Sw=; b=RfshgmetNmVi/AtyUz/EiP4od5P0Ai2y1zqgGDY5RpjY+3A2vrRVElgjxqZ8oKfo5q 3rak11S10zpL76hX68YC4ACAdOPquEHJTaa/KC9tpo7r7XKliSEh+cGGbNibmfuTTMqp K/1eqOyJI95nyKTcSEtpaHJaH/3X3TL58J9URYMjOVDSolMZFHm+aUwX0vZGJTE5vbaL cT9EZRu1U1sZmnv+8GI3n1INbbVSCy5AWZmHXwqAaubTuDbxdke5TxzFr29cFh7Al18G VB4HqXiW2uVwyDod3UHdWOJq0TqQ21RPML4ZjcJu4FjzVjSa5Er1GdIpdqLnGMDGo43X TqLA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmWtPyPZUAmJN+oakO0vduxrtcFsSYx/rXaHorF8B5T2i2Ek8UpSKWIvRZNnpXMot8VATJP X-Received: by 10.152.3.72 with SMTP id a8mr6997649laa.33.1394401262161; Sun, 09 Mar 2014 14:41:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dsl-hkibrasgw2-58c36f-91.dhcp.inet.fi. [88.195.111.91]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id zf7sm26915730lab.7.2014.03.09.14.41.00 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 09 Mar 2014 14:41:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Jani Nikula To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: [PATCH v4 10/13] man: try to clarify the folder: and path: vs. --output=files confusion Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 23:40:31 +0200 Message-Id: <108f8bb2ea61552c84c342af81bf312df308f619.1394400503.git.jani@nikula.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.0 In-Reply-To: References: In-Reply-To: References: X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 21:41:58 -0000 --- man/man1/notmuch-search.1 | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-search.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-search.1 index 55a81e79fce4..a2b1ae43f411 100644 --- a/man/man1/notmuch-search.1 +++ b/man/man1/notmuch-search.1 @@ -82,8 +82,14 @@ one per line (\-\-format=text), separated by null characters S-Expression list (\-\-format=sexp). Note that each message may have multiple filenames associated with it. -All of them are included in the output, unless limited with the -\-\-duplicate=N option. +All of them are included in the output (unless limited with the +\-\-duplicate=N option). This may be particularly confusing for +.B folder: +or +.B path: +searches in a specified directory, as the messages may have duplicates +in other directories that are included in the output, although these +files alone would not match the search. .RE .RS 4 .TP 4 -- 1.9.0