CMEW(1)

✨ CMEW(1) ✨

okay bestie, so this is the General Commands Manual entry for cmew, and honestly? it's giving "quiet little utility that does one thing perfectly" 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

cmew — create Mew's database file 🗂️✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

cmew [-f] [db_file [maildir [ignore_regex [target_folder]]]]

like... four optional positional args and one flag. no cap, that's the whole vibe check 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The cmew utility creates a Message-ID database file with SQLite 3 for Mew. that's the whole job. it eats your maildir and hands you a database. iconic behaviour fr fr 🎀

• db_file — a database file name. (default: "~/Mail/id.db") 📁
• maildir — a mail directory name. (default: "~/Mail") 📬
• ignore_regex — a regular expression for the mail directory names to not create the database. (default: "^\./casket$|^\./casket/|/\.") 🙈 lowkey the "please don't index this" list
• target_folder — a target folder. Information about messages contained in this folder only are updated. 🎯 so it doesn't go touching your whole archive, just the one folder, periodt

The options are as follows:

👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -f — Full update. Unless this option is specified, incremental update is used. so -f is the "we're doing the WHOLE thing" energy 🔥 and without it, it just patches up what changed. main character difference honestly

ngl bestie, if you skip -f you get the incremental glow-up by default. only reach for the full sweep when you actually want it 💅

CMEW(1) — that's the manual page name, and this whole thing came from the General Commands Manual, dated February 17, 2008 ⭐ so yes, she's an elder but she still slays. stay hydrated, back up your maildir, and go index something beautiful 🌈💜🧚