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 33837431FB6 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2014 13:21:09 -0800 (PST) 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 uZcdLNKJovDQ for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2014 13:21:05 -0800 (PST) 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 5291E431FDA for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2014 13:20:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from remotemail by yantan.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WMOfS-00058e-LH; Sat, 08 Mar 2014 17:20:26 -0400 Received: (nullmailer pid 28548 invoked by uid 1000); Sat, 08 Mar 2014 21:20:03 -0000 From: David Bremner To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: [Patch v3 11/15] man: try to clarify the folder: and path: vs. --output=files confusion Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 17:19:41 -0400 Message-Id: <1394313585-28422-12-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.5.3 In-Reply-To: <1394313585-28422-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> References: <1394313585-28422-1-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: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 21:21:09 -0000 From: Jani Nikula --- 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 55a81e7..a2b1ae4 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 -- 1.8.5.3