diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'notmuch.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | notmuch.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ add_files (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, const char *path, int err; char *next; struct stat st; + notmuch_status_t status; dir = opendir (path); @@ -187,8 +188,13 @@ add_files (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, const char *path, stat (next, &st); if (S_ISREG (st.st_mode)) { - notmuch_database_add_message (notmuch, next); - state->count++; + status = notmuch_database_add_message (notmuch, next); + if (status == NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL) { + fprintf (stderr, "Note: Ignoring non-mail file: %s\n", + next); + } else { + state->count++; + } if (state->count % 1000 == 0) add_files_print_progress (state); } else if (S_ISDIR (st.st_mode)) { @@ -293,9 +299,10 @@ setup_command (int argc, char *argv[]) printf ("Notmuch needs to know the top-level directory of your email archive,\n" "(where you already have mail stored and where messages will be delivered\n" "in the future). This directory can contain any number of sub-directories\n" - "but the only files it contains should be individual email messages.\n" - "Either maildir or mh format directories are fine, but you will want to\n" - "move away any auxiliary files maintained by other email programs.\n\n"); + "and primarily just files with indvidual email messages (eg. maildir or mh\n" + "archives are perfect). If there are other, non-email files (such as\n" + "indexes maintained by other email programs) then notmuch will do its\n" + "best to detect those and ignore them.\n\n"); printf ("Mail storage that uses mbox format, (where one mbox file contains many\n" "messages), will not work with notmuch. If that's how your mail is currently\n" |