LEI-RM(1)

🌸 NAME 🌸

lei-rm — unindex a message in lei/store.

okay so welcome to LEI-RM(1), bestie — this is the public-inbox user manual page for lei-rm, the little command that unindexes stuff. We're keeping it cute, but all the facts are staying. no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

lei rm [OPTIONS] (-|--stdin)

lei rm [OPTIONS] LOCATION

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Here's the tea: lei-rm removes message(s) and associated private metadata from lei/store indices. 💖

But listen — it does not affect messages stored in externals, so it's still possible to get "removed" messages from externals in lei-q search results. not me warning you again 🙈

Also important: this does not remove the message from underlying git storage, and it does not remove messages from Maildir/mbox/IMAP/etc. sources. So don't expect it to delete your whole archive vibe. 💀

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -, --stdin — read input from standard input. This is the default if standard input is a pipe or regular file and there are no arguments on the command-line.
• -F MAIL_FORMAT, --in-format=MAIL_FORMAT — message input format: eml, mboxrd, mboxcl2, mboxcl, or mboxo when reading from stdin or using one of the mbox variants. Not necessary when using an IMAP URL, NNTP URL or Maildir. Default: eml when reading from stdin or if the file suffix ends in .patch or .eml.
• --lock=METHOD — mbox(5) locking method(s) to use: dotlock, fcntl, flock or none. Default: fcntl,dotlock.
• -q, --quiet — suppress feedback messages.

💌 CONTACT 💌

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

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License: AGPL-3.0+ https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt 🌟

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

lei-store-format(5) ✨

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