Re: Notmuch success: Xapian database corrupt

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+From: "Sebastian Spaeth" <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>\r
+To: John Fremlin <john@fremlin.org>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: Notmuch success: Xapian database corrupt\r
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+On 2010-04-18, John Fremlin wrote:\r
+> Processed 58 files (19 files/sec.)\r
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+That seems exceptionally low. I get about 60-70 files/sec on a laptop\r
+hard disk.\r
+> \r
+> Is there any way to recover the database?\r
+\r
+I am no expert with xapian databases, and that might seem obvious, but\r
+you did a notmuch dump to save your tags, did you? If that works you can\r
+nuke your database directory and after a notmuch new (1-2 days?!!) you\r
+can notmuch restore your tags. This way, at least, you won't have any\r
+data loss.\r
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+Sebastian\r