From: Jani Nikula <j...@nikula.org> --- man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7 | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7 b/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7 index a768b63..907403d 100644 --- a/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7 +++ b/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7 @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ terms to match against specific portions of an email, (where folder:<directory-path> + path:<directory-path> or path:<directory-path>/** + date:<since>..<until> The @@ -101,12 +103,26 @@ thread ID values can be seen in the first column of output from The .B folder: -prefix can be used to search for email message files that are -contained within particular directories within the mail store. If the -same email message has multiple message files associated with it, it's -sufficient for a match that at least one of the files is contained -within a matching directory. Only the directory components below the -top-level mail database path are available to be searched. +and +.B path: +prefixes can be used to search for email message files that are +contained within particular directories within the mail store. The +directories are specified relative from the top-level mail database +path, and thus only the directory components below that are available +to be searched. + +The +.B folder: +prefix matches messages in the specified maildir folder, i.e. in the +specified directory and its "new" and "cur" subdirectories. The +.B path: +prefix matches messages in the specified directory only, unless the +"/**" suffix is used to denote the specified directory and all its +subdirectories recursively. For both, the empty string "" matches the +top level maildir folder or directory. If the same email message has +multiple message files associated with it, it's sufficient for a match +that at least one of the files is contained within a matching +directory. The .B date: -- 1.8.5.3 _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list notmuch@notmuchmail.org http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch