Updated the usage and man page.

[mymail.git] / mymail.1

diff --git a/mymail.1 b/mymail.1
index 92dbb56..2bb8d43 100644 (file)
--- a/mymail.1
+++ b/mymail.1
@@ -18,7 +18,50 @@ mymail \- A simple command line utility for indexing and searching mbox files
 perform quick searches based on sender, subject, etc.
 
 It is similar in spirit to other existing software such as mu or
-notmuch.
+notmuch, but does not use a real database backend to store and query
+the index.
+
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.TP
+\fB-h\fR, \fB--help\fR
+display help and exit
+.TP
+\fB-v\fR, \fB--version\fR
+print the version number
+.TP
+\fB-p <db filename pattern>\fR, \fB--db-pattern <db filename pattern>\fR
+set the db filename pattern for recursive search
+.TP
+\fB-r <db root path>\fR, \fB--db-root <db root path>\fR
+set the db root path for recursive search
+.TP
+\fB-l <db filename list>\fR, \fB--db-list <db filename list>\fR
+set the semicolon-separated list of db files for search
+.TP
+\fB-s <search pattern>\fR, \fB--search <search pattern>\fR
+search for matching mails in the db file
+.TP
+\fB-d <db filename>\fR, \fB--db-file <db filename>\fR
+set the db filename for indexing
+.TP
+\fB-i\fR, \fB--index\fR
+index mails in the mailboxes located recursively anywhere in the
+directories following the options on the command lines
+
+.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
+
+.TP
+\fBMYMAIL_DB_PATTERN\fR
+defaut value for the --db-pattern argument
+.TP
+\fBMYMAIL_DB_ROOT\fR
+defaut value for the --db-root argument
+.TP
+\fBMYMAIL_DB_LIST\fR
+defaut value for the --db-list argument
+.TP
+\fBMYMAIL_DB_FILE\fR
+defaut value for the --db-file argument
 
 .SH "SEARCH SYNTAX"
 
@@ -28,32 +71,36 @@ is prefaced by the character "!" it is negated, and has to be false
 for a mail to be selected.
 
 .TP
-\fBf <regexp>\fR selects mails whose field From, From:, or Reply-To: matches the regexp. Since the initial "From " line contains the date, this search criterion can be used to restrict to a certain year or month.
+\fBf <regexp>\fR selects mails whose field From, From:, or Reply-To: matches the regexp.
 .TP
-\fBd <regexp>\fR selects mails whose field To:, Cc:, or Bcc: matches the regexp.
+\fBt <regexp>\fR selects mails whose field To:, Cc:, or Bcc: matches the regexp.
 .TP
 \fBp <regexp>\fR selects mails whose field From, From:, Reply-To:, To:, Cc:, or Bcc: matches the regexp.
 .TP
 \fBs <regexp>\fR selects mails whose field Subject: matches the regexp.
+.TP
+\fBd <regexp>\fR selects mails whose field Date: matches the regexp.
 
 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 
-To index all the mbox present in the directory ~/my_mboxes and create
-a db file /tmp/mymail.db
+To index all the mbox files present in the directories
+~/archives/mails/2010 and ~/archives/mails/2011 (recursively) and
+create a database file /tmp/mymail/2010-2011/mymail.db
 
 .RS
 .EX
-mymail --index --db-file /tmp/mymail.db /tmp/my_mboxes
+mymail --db-file /tmp/mymail/2010-2011/mymail.db --index ~/archives/mails/2010 ~/archives/mails/2011
 .EE
 .RE
 
-To search in /tmp/mymail_2010.db and /tmp/mymail_2011.db for all mails
-having bob.something as sender or recipient, without "spam" in the
-subject
+To search in all the database files *.db located (recursively) in
+/tmp/mymail, for all the mails having bob.something as sender or
+recipient, without "spam" in the subject, and creating a result mbox
+file /tmp/mymail/mbox
 
 .RS
 .EX
-mymail --search "p bob.something,!s spam" /tmp/mymail_2010.db /tmp/mymail_2011.db
+mymail --db-pattern '\\.db$' --db-root /tmp/mymail --search 'p bob.something' --search '!s spam' > /tmp/mymail.mbox
 .EE
 .RE