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+===============
+notmuch-compact
+===============
+
+SYNOPSIS
+========
+
+**notmuch** **compact** [--quiet] [--backup=<*directory*>]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+===========
+
+The **compact** command can be used to compact the notmuch database.
+This can both reduce the space required by the database and improve
+lookup performance.
+
+The compacted database is built in a temporary directory and is later
+moved into the place of the origin database. The original uncompacted
+database is discarded, unless the ``--backup=``\ <directory> option is
+used.
+
+Note that the database write lock will be held during the compaction
+process (which may be quite long) to protect data integrity.
+
+Supported options for **compact** include
+
+    ``--backup=``\ <directory>
+        Save the current database to the given directory before
+        replacing it with the compacted database. The backup directory
+        must not exist and it must reside on the same mounted filesystem
+        as the current database.
+
+    ``--quiet``
+        Do not report database compaction progress to stdout.
+
+ENVIRONMENT
+===========
+
+The following environment variables can be used to control the behavior
+of notmuch.
+
+**NOTMUCH\_CONFIG**
+    Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. Notmuch
+    will use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not set.
+
+SEE ALSO
+========
+
+**notmuch(1)**, **notmuch-count(1)**, **notmuch-dump(1)**,
+**notmuch-hooks(5)**, **notmuch-insert(1)**, **notmuch-new(1)**,
+**notmuch-reply(1)**, **notmuch-restore(1)**, **notmuch-search(1)**,
+**notmuch-search-terms(7)**, **notmuch-show(1)**, **notmuch-tag(1)**