NAME
mu add - add one or more messages to the database
SYNOPSIS
mu [common-options] add [options] <file> [<files>]
DESCRIPTION
mu add is the command to add specific message files to the database. Each file must be specified with an absolute path.
ADD OPTIONS
--muhome
use a non-default directory to store and read the database,
write the logs, etc. By default, mu uses the XDG Base
Directory Specification (e.g. on GNU/Linux this defaults to
~/.cache/mu and ~/.config/mu). Earlier
versions of mu defaulted to ~/.mu, which now
requires --muhome=~/.mu.
The environment variable MUHOME can be used as an alternative to --muhome. The latter has precedence.
COMMON OPTIONS
-d,
--debug
makes mu generate extra debug information, useful for
debugging the program itself. By default, debug information
goes to the log file, ~/.cache/mu/mu.log. It can safely be
deleted when mu is not running. When running with --debug
option, the log file can grow rather quickly. See the note
on logging below.
-q,
--quiet
causes mu not to output informational messages and progress
information to standard output, but only to the log file.
Error messages will still be sent to standard error. Note
that mu index is much faster with --quiet, so it is
recommended you use this option when using mu from scripts
etc.
--log-stderr
causes mu to not output log messages to standard error, in
addition to sending them to the log file.
--nocolor
do not use ANSI colors. The environment variable NO
COLOR can be used as an alternative to
--nocolor.
-V,
--version
prints mu version and copyright information.
-h,
--help
lists the various command line options.
EXIT CODE
This command returns 0 upon successful completion, or a non-zero exit code otherwise. Typical values are 2 (no matches found), 11 (database schema mismatch) and 12 (failed to acquire database lock).
no matches
found (2)
Nothing matching found; try a different query
database
schema mismatch (11)
You need to re-initialize mu, see
mu-init(1)
failed to
acquire lock (19)
Some other program has exclusive access to the mu (Xapian)
database
REPORTING BUGS
Please report bugs at https://github.com/djcb/mu/issues.
AUTHOR
Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb [AT] djcbsoftware.nl>
COPYRIGHT
This manpage is part of mu 1.10.8.
Copyright © 2022-2023 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.