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| author | Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl> | 2025-12-14 11:28:12 +0200 |
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| committer | Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl> | 2025-12-15 23:54:40 +0200 |
| commit | cc191bdbe9e5f96569600fc448a9bd681493fd18 (patch) | |
| tree | a81a42a57d99c4955de83eb4e785de041b584cf3 /man | |
| parent | 10eddca5775e90653e89b1a9e81e213a36134c10 (diff) | |
man/labels: update manpage
Small fixes, some clarifications.
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/mu-labels.1.org | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/mu-labels.1.org b/man/mu-labels.1.org index d7fe3c9..b6a8708 100644 --- a/man/mu-labels.1.org +++ b/man/mu-labels.1.org @@ -26,23 +26,24 @@ mu-labels - attach labels to messages. Export labels to file, and import them. A label is a string associated with a message. -*mu labels* has five sub-commands (i.e., 'sub-sub-commands'): +*mu labels* has six sub-commands (i.e., 'sub-sub-commands'): - *update* for changing the labels for the messages matching some query - *clear* for clearing all labels from messages matching some query - *list* to list all labels that are used in the store -- *list-restore* to restore the list of labels from the store +- *list-restore* to restore the list of labels from the database (store) - *export* to write the label information to a file - *import* the read label information from a file -Important: unlike other message metadata stored by *mu*, labels _cannot_ be restored -by merely re-indexing messages. Hence, to avoid loosing label information, you -must *export* it before re-indexing, and *import* afterwards. +*Important*: unlike other message metadata stored by *mu*, labels _cannot_ be restored +by merely re-indexing messages, since the information is not part of the message +files. Hence, to avoid loosing label information, you must *export* it before +re-indexing, and *import* afterwards. * UPDATE OPTIONS The *update* command changes the labels for messages that match some query. The -query must be recognized as a single parameter; hence, it must be quoted when +query must be recognized as a _single_ parameter; hence, it must be quoted when using from a shell. ** --labels |
