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 2AF12429E2F for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:02:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] 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 RN1MwT-NPWOX for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:02:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from yantan.tethera.net (yantan.tethera.net [199.188.72.155]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0662429E39 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:02:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from remotemail by yantan.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WNVgi-0001vZ-W6; Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:02:20 -0300 Received: (nullmailer pid 25867 invoked by uid 1000); Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:01:46 -0000 From: David Bremner To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: [Patch v6 14/14] man: try to clarify the folder: and path: vs. --output=files confusion Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:01:40 -0300 Message-Id: <1394578900-25618-15-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.5.3 In-Reply-To: <1394578900-25618-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> References: <1394578900-25618-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> 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: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:02:40 -0000 From: Jani Nikula --- doc/man1/notmuch-search.rst | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch-search.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch-search.rst index 7ac6c68..90160f2 100644 --- a/doc/man1/notmuch-search.rst +++ b/doc/man1/notmuch-search.rst @@ -64,8 +64,13 @@ Supported options for **search** include (--format=json), or as an 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. + associated with it. All of them are included in the output + (unless limited with the --duplicate=N option). This may + be particularly confusing for **folder:** or **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. **tags** Output all tags that appear on any message matching the -- 1.8.5.3