mu-find: insist on --linksdir for links

Fixes #2790.
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Dirk-Jan C. Binnema
2024-12-04 23:18:15 +02:00
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2 changed files with 9 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -127,15 +127,16 @@ Output results in the specified format.
- The default is *plain*, i.e normal output with one line per message.
- *links* outputs the results as a maildir with symbolic links to the found
messages. This enables easy integration with mail-clients (see below for more
information).
information). This requires *--linksdir*.
- *xml* formats the search results as XML.
- *sexp* formats the search results as an s-expression as used in Lisp programming
environments.
** --linksdir _dir_ and -c, --clearlinks
When using *--format=links*, output the results as a maildir with symbolic links to
the found messages. This enables easy integration with mail-clients (see below
for more information). *mu* will create the maildir if it does not exist yet.
When using *--format=links*, output the results as a maildir with symbolic links
to the found messages. This enables easy integration with mail-clients (see
below for more information). *mu* will create the maildir if it does not exist
yet.
If you specify *--clearlinks*, existing symlinks will be cleared from the target
directories; this allows for re-use of the same maildir. However, this option