diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 0d60e681..a8086b6a 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 * Future release
 
-** release 0.10 [9%]
+** release 0.10 [0%]
 
    - [ ] mu stats
    - [ ] ansi-colors in output
    - [ ] config system (config file) (?)
    - [ ] detect mail threads (?)
-   - [ ] xml,json,sexp output
    - [ ] completion for zsh
    - [ ] don't make test mail files executable
 
-** release 0.9.2
+** release 0.9.2 [20%]
 
+   - [ ] xml,json,sexp output
    - [ ] separate exit code for 'not found' vs other errors
    - [ ] fix build for Solaris
-   - [ ] clearer errors when /home/user does not exist
-   - [ ] fix -pedantic build
+   - [X] clearer errors when /home/user does not exist
+   - [X] fix -pedantic build
    - [ ] make commit batch size configure param
    - [ ] better 'usage' info
    - [ ] add version info to output of configure, mu.log
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b79e016d..1f6651db 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -53,11 +53,9 @@ libmu_la_SOURCES=			\
 	mu-cmd-index.c			\
 	mu-cmd-mkdir.c			\
 	mu-cmd-view.c			\
-	mu-cmd.c			\
 	mu-cmd.h			\
 	mu-config.c			\
 	mu-config.h			\
-	mu-error.h			\
 	mu-index.c			\
 	mu-index.h			\
 	mu-log.c			\
@@ -86,13 +84,10 @@ libmu_la_SOURCES=			\
 	mu-msg.h			\
 	mu-msg-file.c			\
 	mu-msg-file.h			\
-	mu-output-link.c		\
-	mu-output-link.h		\
-	mu-output-plain.c		\
-	mu-output-plain.h		\
+	mu-output.c			\
+	mu-output.h			\
 	mu-query.cc			\
 	mu-query.h			\
-	mu-result.h			\
 	mu-runtime.c			\
 	mu-runtime.h			\
 	mu-store.cc			\
diff --git a/src/mu-cmd-extract.c b/src/mu-cmd-extract.c
index ced05643..f28cadfb 100644
--- a/src/mu-cmd-extract.c
+++ b/src/mu-cmd-extract.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
+** Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
 ** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 ** under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "mu-util.h"
 
 static gboolean
-save_numbered_parts (MuMsg *msg, MuConfigOptions *opts)
+save_numbered_parts (MuMsg *msg, MuConfig *opts)
 {
 	gboolean rv;
 	char **parts, **cur;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ save_certain_parts (MuMsg *msg, gboolean attachments_only,
 
 
 static gboolean
-save_parts (const char *path, MuConfigOptions *opts)
+save_parts (const char *path, MuConfig *opts)
 {	
 	MuMsg* msg;
 	gboolean rv;
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ each_part_show (MuMsgPart *part, gpointer user_data)
 
 
 static gboolean
-show_parts (const char* path, MuConfigOptions *opts)
+show_parts (const char* path, MuConfig *opts)
 {
 	MuMsg* msg;
 	GError *err;
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ show_parts (const char* path, MuConfigOptions *opts)
 }
 
 static gboolean
-check_params (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+check_params (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 	if (!opts->params[1]) {
 		g_warning ("usage: mu extract [options] <file>");
@@ -230,16 +230,17 @@ check_params (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-gboolean
-mu_cmd_extract (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+MuExitCode
+mu_cmd_extract (MuConfig *opts)
 {
-	gboolean rv;
+	int rv;
 	
-	g_return_val_if_fail (opts, FALSE);
-	g_return_val_if_fail (mu_cmd_equals (opts, "extract"), FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (opts, MU_EXITCODE_ERROR);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (opts->cmd == MU_CONFIG_CMD_EXTRACT,
+			      MU_EXITCODE_ERROR);
 
 	if (!check_params (opts))
-		return FALSE;
+		return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
 	
 	if (!opts->parts &&
 	    !opts->save_attachments &&
@@ -248,5 +249,5 @@ mu_cmd_extract (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 	else
 		rv = save_parts (opts->params[1], opts); /* save */
 	
-	return rv;
+	return rv ? MU_EXITCODE_OK : MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
 }
diff --git a/src/mu-cmd-find.c b/src/mu-cmd-find.c
index 36d4c0f0..59e1f9f6 100644
--- a/src/mu-cmd-find.c
+++ b/src/mu-cmd-find.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
+** Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
 ** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 ** under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 **
 */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
 #endif /*HAVE_CONFIG_H*/
 
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@
 #include "mu-util.h"
 #include "mu-util-db.h"
 #include "mu-cmd.h"
-#include "mu-output-plain.h"
-#include "mu-output-link.h"
-
+#include "mu-output.h"
 
 static void
 update_warning (void)
@@ -52,14 +50,11 @@ update_warning (void)
 }
 
 
-
 static gboolean
 print_xapian_query (MuQuery *xapian, const gchar *query)
 {
 	char *querystr;
 	GError *err;
-	
-	MU_WRITE_LOG ("query: '%s' (xquery)", query); 
 
 	err = NULL;
 	querystr = mu_query_as_string (xapian, query, &err);
@@ -95,55 +90,15 @@ sort_field_from_string (const char* fieldstr)
 }
 
 
-static size_t
-print_rows (MuMsgIter *iter, const char *fields, size_t summary_len)
-{
-	size_t count = 0;
-
-	if (mu_msg_iter_is_done (iter))
-		return 0;
-	
-	do {
-		if (mu_output_plain_row (iter, fields, summary_len))
-			++count;
-		
-	} while (mu_msg_iter_next (iter));
-	
-	return count;
-}
-
-
-static size_t
-make_links (MuMsgIter *iter, const char* linksdir, gboolean clearlinks)
-{
-	size_t count = 0;
-
-	if (!mu_output_link_create_dir (linksdir, clearlinks))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (mu_msg_iter_is_done (iter))
-		return 0;
-	
-	/* iterate over the found iters */
-	do {
-		/* ignore errors...*/
-		if (mu_output_link_row (iter, linksdir))
-			++count;
-
-	} while (mu_msg_iter_next (iter));
-		 
-	return count;
-}
-
-
 
 static gboolean
-run_query (MuQuery *xapian, const gchar *query, MuConfigOptions *opts)
+run_query (MuQuery *xapian, const gchar *query, MuConfig *opts,
+	   size_t *count)
 {
 	GError *err;
 	MuMsgIter *iter;
 	MuMsgFieldId sortid;
-	size_t matches;
+	gboolean rv;
 	
 	sortid = MU_MSG_FIELD_ID_NONE;
 	if (opts->sortfield) {
@@ -162,23 +117,24 @@ run_query (MuQuery *xapian, const gchar *query, MuConfigOptions *opts)
 	}
 
 	if (opts->linksdir)
-		matches = make_links (iter, opts->linksdir,
-				      opts->clearlinks);
+		rv = mu_output_links (iter, opts->linksdir, opts->clearlinks,
+				      count);
 	else
-		matches = print_rows (iter, opts->fields,
-				      opts->summary_len);
+		rv = mu_output_plain (iter, opts->fields, opts->summary_len,
+				      count);
+
 	
-	if (matches == 0) 
+	if (count && *count == 0) 
 		g_warning ("no matches found");
 
 	mu_msg_iter_destroy (iter);
 
-	return matches > 0;
+	return rv;
 }
 
 
 static gboolean
-query_params_valid (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+query_params_valid (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 	const gchar *xpath;
 	
@@ -200,7 +156,7 @@ query_params_valid (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 }
 
 static gchar*
-resolve_bookmark (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+resolve_bookmark (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 	MuBookmarks *bm;
 	char* val;
@@ -226,7 +182,7 @@ resolve_bookmark (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 
 
 static gchar*
-get_query (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+get_query (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 	gchar *query, *bookmarkval;
 
@@ -274,46 +230,52 @@ db_is_ready (const char *xpath)
 }
 
 
-gboolean
-mu_cmd_find (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+MuExitCode
+mu_cmd_find (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 	GError *err;
 	MuQuery *xapian;
 	gboolean rv;
 	gchar *query;
 	const gchar *xpath;
+	size_t count;
 	
 	g_return_val_if_fail (opts, FALSE);
-	g_return_val_if_fail (mu_cmd_equals (opts, "find"), FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (opts->cmd == MU_CONFIG_CMD_FIND, FALSE);
 	
 	if (!query_params_valid (opts))
-		return FALSE;
-
+		return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
+	
 	xpath = mu_runtime_xapian_dir ();
 	if (!db_is_ready(xpath))
-		return FALSE;
+		return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
 	
 	/* first param is 'query', search params are after that */
 	query = get_query (opts);
 	if (!query) 
-		return FALSE;
+		return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
 
 	err = NULL;
 	xapian = mu_query_new (xpath, &err);
 	if (!xapian) {
 		g_warning ("error: %s", err->message);
 		g_error_free (err);
-		return FALSE;
+		return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
 	}
 
 	if (opts->xquery) 
 		rv = print_xapian_query (xapian, query);
 	else
-		rv = run_query (xapian, query, opts);
+		rv = run_query (xapian, query, opts, &count);
 
 	mu_query_destroy (xapian);
 	g_free (query);
-	
-	return rv;
+
+	if (!rv)
+		return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
+	else if (count == 0)
+		return MU_EXITCODE_NO_MATCHES;
+	else
+		return MU_EXITCODE_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mu-cmd-index.c b/src/mu-cmd-index.c
index 2f30ae98..c83f48dc 100644
--- a/src/mu-cmd-index.c
+++ b/src/mu-cmd-index.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
+** Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
 ** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 ** under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 **
 */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
 #endif /*HAVE_CONFIG_H*/
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ install_sig_handler (void)
 
 
 static gboolean
-check_index_or_cleanup_params (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+check_index_or_cleanup_params (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 	/* param[0] == 'index' or 'cleanup', there should be no
 	 * param[1] */
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ index_msg_cb  (MuIndexStats* stats, void *user_data)
 
 
 static gboolean
-database_version_check_and_update (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+database_version_check_and_update (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 	const gchar *xpath;
 
@@ -200,9 +200,8 @@ show_time (unsigned t, unsigned processed)
 }
 
 
-
-static gboolean
-cmd_cleanup (MuIndex *midx, MuConfigOptions *opts, MuIndexStats *stats,
+static MuExitCode
+cmd_cleanup (MuIndex *midx, MuConfig *opts, MuIndexStats *stats,
 	     gboolean show_progress)
 {
 	MuResult rv;
@@ -221,13 +220,14 @@ cmd_cleanup (MuIndex *midx, MuConfigOptions *opts, MuIndexStats *stats,
 		show_time ((unsigned)(time(NULL)-t),stats->_processed);
 	}
 	
-	return (rv == MU_OK || rv == MU_STOP) ? TRUE: FALSE;
+	return (rv == MU_OK || rv == MU_STOP) ?
+		MU_EXITCODE_OK: MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
 }
 
 
 
-static gboolean
-cmd_index (MuIndex *midx, MuConfigOptions *opts, MuIndexStats *stats,
+static MuExitCode
+cmd_index (MuIndex *midx, MuConfig *opts, MuIndexStats *stats,
 	   gboolean show_progress)
 {
 	MuResult rv;
@@ -257,16 +257,16 @@ cmd_index (MuIndex *midx, MuConfigOptions *opts, MuIndexStats *stats,
 			      "cleaned-up: %u",
 			      stats->_processed, stats->_updated,
 			      stats->_cleaned_up);
-		return TRUE;
+		return MU_EXITCODE_OK;
 	}
 	
-	return FALSE;
+	return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
 }
 
 
 
-static gboolean
-cmd_index_or_cleanup (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+static MuExitCode
+cmd_index_or_cleanup (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 	gboolean rv;
 	MuIndex *midx;
@@ -274,21 +274,16 @@ cmd_index_or_cleanup (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 	gboolean show_progress;
 	GError *err;
 	
-	g_return_val_if_fail (opts, FALSE);
-	g_return_val_if_fail (mu_cmd_equals (opts, "index") ||
-			      mu_cmd_equals (opts, "cleanup"), FALSE);
-			  
 	if (!check_index_or_cleanup_params (opts) ||
 	    !database_version_check_and_update(opts))
-		return FALSE;
+		return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
 
 	err = NULL;
-	if (!(midx = mu_index_new (mu_runtime_xapian_dir(), opts->xbatchsize,
-				   &err))) {
-		g_warning ("index/cleanup failed: %s",
-			   err->message);
+	if (!(midx = mu_index_new (mu_runtime_xapian_dir(),
+				   opts->xbatchsize, &err))) {
+		g_warning ("index/cleanup failed: %s", err->message);
 		g_error_free (err);
-		return FALSE;
+		return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
 	} 
 
 	/* note, 'opts->quiet' already cause g_message output not to
@@ -298,34 +293,38 @@ cmd_index_or_cleanup (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 
 	mu_index_stats_clear (&stats);
 	install_sig_handler ();
-	
-	if (mu_cmd_equals (opts, "index"))
-		rv = cmd_index (midx, opts, &stats, show_progress);
-	else if (mu_cmd_equals (opts, "cleanup"))
-		rv = cmd_cleanup (midx, opts, &stats, show_progress);
-	else
+
+	switch (opts->cmd) {
+	case MU_CONFIG_CMD_INDEX:
+		rv = cmd_index (midx, opts, &stats, show_progress); break;
+	case MU_CONFIG_CMD_CLEANUP:
+	 	rv = cmd_cleanup (midx, opts, &stats, show_progress);  break;
+	default:
+		rv = MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
 		g_assert_not_reached ();
+	}
 	
-	mu_index_destroy (midx);
-		
+	mu_index_destroy (midx);		
 	return rv;
 }
 
 
-gboolean
-mu_cmd_index (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+MuExitCode
+mu_cmd_index (MuConfig *opts)
 {
-	g_return_val_if_fail (opts && mu_cmd_equals (opts, "index"),
+	g_return_val_if_fail (opts, FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (opts->cmd == MU_CONFIG_CMD_INDEX,
 			      FALSE);
 	
 	return cmd_index_or_cleanup (opts);
 }
 
-gboolean
-mu_cmd_cleanup (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+MuExitCode
+mu_cmd_cleanup (MuConfig *opts)
 {
-	g_return_val_if_fail (opts && mu_cmd_equals (opts, "cleanup"),
-			      FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (opts, MU_EXITCODE_ERROR);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (opts->cmd != MU_CONFIG_CMD_CLEANUP,
+			      MU_EXITCODE_ERROR);
 	
 	return cmd_index_or_cleanup (opts);
 }
diff --git a/src/mu-cmd-mkdir.c b/src/mu-cmd-mkdir.c
index c7cec9de..099ef6c8 100644
--- a/src/mu-cmd-mkdir.c
+++ b/src/mu-cmd-mkdir.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
+** Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
 ** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 ** under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 **
 */
 
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
+#endif /*HAVE_CONFIG_H*/
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -27,22 +29,21 @@
 
 #include "mu-maildir.h"
 #include "mu-cmd.h"
-
 #include "mu-util.h"
 
-gboolean
-mu_cmd_mkdir (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+MuExitCode
+mu_cmd_mkdir (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	g_return_val_if_fail (opts, FALSE);
-	g_return_val_if_fail (mu_cmd_equals (opts, "mkdir"), FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (opts, MU_EXITCODE_ERROR);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (opts->cmd == MU_CONFIG_CMD_MKDIR,
+			      MU_EXITCODE_ERROR);
 	
 	if (!opts->params[1]) {
-		g_warning (
-			"usage: mu mkdir [-u,--mode=<mode>] "
-			"<dir> [more dirs]");
-		return FALSE;
+		g_printerr ("usage: mu mkdir [-u,--mode=<mode>] "
+			    "<dir> [more dirs]");
+		return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
 	}
 	
 	i = 1;
@@ -52,12 +53,12 @@ mu_cmd_mkdir (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 		if (!mu_maildir_mkdir (opts->params[i], opts->dirmode,
 				       FALSE, &err))
 			if (err && err->message) {
-				g_warning ("%s", err->message);
+				g_printerr ("mu: %s", err->message);
 				g_error_free (err);
 			}
-			return FALSE;
+		return 1;
 		++i;
 	}
 
-	return TRUE;
+	return MU_EXITCODE_OK;
 }
diff --git a/src/mu-cmd-mkdir.h b/src/mu-cmd-mkdir.h
index a6c4c598..0c5dfbf2 100644
--- a/src/mu-cmd-mkdir.h
+++ b/src/mu-cmd-mkdir.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 #include "mu-config.h"
 
+#error "foo"
+
 /**
  * execute the 'mkdir' command
  * 
diff --git a/src/mu-cmd-view.c b/src/mu-cmd-view.c
index 2665669e..aae440ce 100644
--- a/src/mu-cmd-view.c
+++ b/src/mu-cmd-view.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
+** Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
 ** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 ** under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 **
 */
 
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
+#endif /*HAVE_CONFIG_H*/
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -28,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "mu-msg.h"
 #include "mu-str.h"
 #include "mu-cmd.h"
-
 #include "mu-util.h"
 
 
@@ -63,21 +64,22 @@ view_msg (MuMsg *msg, const gchar *fields, size_t summary_len)
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-gboolean
-mu_cmd_view (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+MuExitCode
+mu_cmd_view (MuConfig *opts)
 {
-	gboolean rv;
-	int i;
+	int rv, i;
+	
+	g_return_val_if_fail (opts, MU_EXITCODE_ERROR);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (opts->cmd == MU_CONFIG_CMD_VIEW,
+			      MU_EXITCODE_ERROR);
 	
-	g_return_val_if_fail (opts, FALSE);
-
 	/* note: params[0] will be 'view' */
 	if (!opts->params[0] || !opts->params[1]) {
 		g_warning ("usage: mu view [options] <file> [<files>]");
-		return FALSE;
+		return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
 	}
 	
-	rv = TRUE;
+	rv = MU_EXITCODE_OK;
 	for (i = 1; opts->params[i] && rv; ++i) {
 
 		GError *err = NULL;
@@ -85,10 +87,12 @@ mu_cmd_view (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 		if (!msg) {
 			g_warning ("error: %s", err->message);
 			g_error_free (err);
-			return FALSE;
+			return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
 		}
 		
-		rv = view_msg (msg, NULL, opts->summary_len);
+		if (!view_msg (msg, NULL, opts->summary_len))
+			rv = MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
+		
 		mu_msg_destroy (msg);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/src/mu-cmd.c b/src/mu-cmd.c
index 0f7f9eef..ee029db9 100644
--- a/src/mu-cmd.c
+++ b/src/mu-cmd.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
+** Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
 ** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 ** under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 **
 */
 
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include <config.h>
+#endif /*HAVE_CONFIG_H*/
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -44,10 +46,11 @@ static void
 show_usage (gboolean noerror)
 {
 	const char* usage=
-		"usage: mu [options] command [parameters]\n"
+		"usage: mu command [options] [parameters]\n"
 		"where command is one of index, find, view, mkdir, cleanup "
 		"or extract\n\n"
-		"see the mu or mu-easy manpages for more information\n";
+		"see the mu, mu-<command> or mu-easy manpages for "
+		"more information\n";
 
 	if (noerror)
 		g_print ("%s", usage);
@@ -59,9 +62,11 @@ static void
 show_version (void)
 {
 	g_print ("mu (mail indexer/searcher) " VERSION "\n"
-		 "Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema (GPLv3+)\n");
+		 "Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema (GPLv3+)\n");
 }
 
+
+
 gboolean
 mu_cmd_execute (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 {
@@ -87,6 +92,7 @@ mu_cmd_execute (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 	case MU_CONFIG_CMD_VIEW:       return mu_cmd_view (opts);
 		
 	case MU_CONFIG_CMD_UNKNOWN:
+		g_printerr ("mu: unknown command '%s'\n\n", opts->cmdstr);
 		show_usage (FALSE);
 		return FALSE;
 	default:
diff --git a/src/mu-cmd.h b/src/mu-cmd.h
index 4ddc095d..2a3a4ef7 100644
--- a/src/mu-cmd.h
+++ b/src/mu-cmd.h
@@ -22,50 +22,19 @@
 #define __MU_CMD_H__
 
 #include <glib.h>
-#include "mu-config.h"
+#include <mu-config.h>
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
-enum _MuCmd {
-	MU_CMD_INDEX,
-	MU_CMD_FIND,
-	MU_CMD_CLEANUP,
-	MU_CMD_MKDIR,
-	MU_CMD_VIEW,
-	MU_CMD_EXTRACT,
-	
-	MU_CMD_UNKNOWN
-};
-typedef enum _MuCmd MuCmd;
-
-
-/** 
- * check whether the MuConfigOptions are for command X
- * 
- * @param config the config options
- * @param cmd the command to check (ie., "mkdir" or "find")
- * 
- * @return TRUE if the options are for cmd, FALSE otherwise
- */
-gboolean mu_cmd_equals (MuConfigOptions *config, const gchar *cmd);
-
-/**
- * try to execute whatever is specified on the command line 
- * 
- * @param config a config structure with the command line params
- * 
- * @return TRUE if it succeeded, FALSE otherwise
- */
-gboolean mu_cmd_execute (MuConfigOptions *config);
-
 /**
  * execute the 'mkdir' command
  * 
  * @param opts configuration options
  * 
- * @return TRUE if the command succeeded, FALSE otherwise
+ * @return MU_EXITCODE_OK (0) if the command succeeded,
+ * MU_EXITCODE_ERROR otherwise
  */
-gboolean mu_cmd_mkdir (MuConfigOptions *opts);
+MuExitCode mu_cmd_mkdir (MuConfig *opts);
 
 
 /**
@@ -73,9 +42,10 @@ gboolean mu_cmd_mkdir (MuConfigOptions *opts);
  * 
  * @param opts configuration options
  * 
- * @return TRUE if the command succeeded, FALSE otherwise
+ * @return MU_EXITCODE_OK (0) if the command succeeded,
+ * MU_EXITCODE_ERROR otherwise
  */
-gboolean mu_cmd_view (MuConfigOptions *opts);
+MuExitCode mu_cmd_view (MuConfig *opts);
 
 
 /**
@@ -83,9 +53,10 @@ gboolean mu_cmd_view (MuConfigOptions *opts);
  * 
  * @param opts configuration options
  * 
- * @return TRUE if the command succeede, FALSE otherwise
+ * @return MU_EXITCODE_OK (0) if the command succeeded,
+ * MU_EXITCODE_ERROR otherwise
  */
-gboolean mu_cmd_index   (MuConfigOptions *opts);
+MuExitCode mu_cmd_index   (MuConfig *opts);
 
 
 /**
@@ -93,19 +64,21 @@ gboolean mu_cmd_index   (MuConfigOptions *opts);
  * 
  * @param opts configuration options
  * 
- * @return TRUE if the command succeede, FALSE otherwise
+ * @return MU_EXITCODE_OK (0) if the command succeeds,
+ * MU_EXITCODE_ERROR otherwise
  */
-gboolean mu_cmd_cleanup (MuConfigOptions *opts);
-
+MuExitCode mu_cmd_cleanup (MuConfig *opts);
 
 /**
  * execute the 'find' command
  * 
  * @param opts configuration options
  * 
- * @return TRUE if the command succeede, FALSE otherwise
+ * @return MU_EXITCODE_OK (0) if the command succeeds and
+ * >MU_EXITCODE_OK (0) results, MU_EXITCODE_NO_MATCHES if the command
+ * succeeds but there no matches, MU_EXITCODE_ERROR for all other errors
  */
-gboolean mu_cmd_find (MuConfigOptions *opts);
+MuExitCode mu_cmd_find (MuConfig *opts);
 
 
 /**
@@ -113,9 +86,11 @@ gboolean mu_cmd_find (MuConfigOptions *opts);
  * 
  * @param opts configuration options
  * 
- * @return TRUE if the command succeede, FALSE otherwise
+ * @return MU_EXITCODE_OK (0) if the command succeeds,
+ * MU_EXITCODE_ERROR otherwise
  */
-gboolean mu_cmd_extract (MuConfigOptions *opts);
+MuExitCode mu_cmd_extract (MuConfig *opts);
+
 
 G_END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/src/mu-config.c b/src/mu-config.c
index b64c7212..cfad11ef 100644
--- a/src/mu-config.c
+++ b/src/mu-config.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
+** Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
 ** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 ** under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@
 
 #include "mu-util.h"
 #include "mu-config.h"
+#include "mu-cmd.h"
 
 static void
-set_group_mu_defaults (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+set_group_mu_defaults (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 		gchar *exp;
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ set_group_mu_defaults (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 }
 
 static GOptionGroup*
-config_options_group_mu (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+config_options_group_mu (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 		GOptionGroup *og;
 		GOptionEntry entries[] = {
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ config_options_group_mu (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 }
 
 static void
-set_group_index_defaults (MuConfigOptions * opts)
+set_group_index_defaults (MuConfig * opts)
 {
 		gchar *exp;
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ set_group_index_defaults (MuConfigOptions * opts)
 }
 
 static GOptionGroup*
-config_options_group_index (MuConfigOptions * opts)
+config_options_group_index (MuConfig * opts)
 {
 		GOptionGroup *og;
 		GOptionEntry entries[] = {
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ config_options_group_index (MuConfigOptions * opts)
 }
 
 static void
-set_group_find_defaults (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+set_group_find_defaults (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 		/* note, when no fields are specified, we use
 		 * date-from-subject, and sort descending by date. If fields
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ set_group_find_defaults (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 }
 
 static GOptionGroup*
-config_options_group_find (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+config_options_group_find (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 		GOptionGroup *og;
 		GOptionEntry entries[] = {
@@ -163,6 +164,8 @@ config_options_group_find (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 				 "output as symbolic links to a target maildir", NULL},
 				{"clearlinks", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->clearlinks,
 				 "clear old links before filling a linksdir", NULL},
+				/* {"output", 'o', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &opts->output, */
+				/*  "output type ('plain'(*), 'links', 'xml', 'json', 'sexp')", NULL}, */
 				{NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL}
 		};
 
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ config_options_group_find (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 }
 
 static GOptionGroup *
-config_options_group_mkdir (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+config_options_group_mkdir (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 		GOptionGroup *og;
 		GOptionEntry entries[] = {
@@ -196,7 +199,7 @@ config_options_group_mkdir (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 }
 
 static GOptionGroup*
-config_options_group_extract(MuConfigOptions *opts)
+config_options_group_extract(MuConfig *opts)
 {
 		GOptionGroup *og;
 		GOptionEntry entries[] = {
@@ -225,54 +228,57 @@ config_options_group_extract(MuConfigOptions *opts)
 }
 
 
-static MuConfigCmd 
-cmd_from_params (int *argcp, char ***argvp)
+gboolean  
+parse_cmd_from_params (MuConfig *opts,
+					   int *argcp, char ***argvp)
 {
-	int i;
-	const char *cmd;
-	typedef struct {
-		const gchar* _name;
-		MuConfigCmd   _cmd;
-	} Cmd;
-	
-	Cmd cmd_map[] = {
-		{ "index",   MU_CONFIG_CMD_INDEX },
-		{ "find",    MU_CONFIG_CMD_FIND },
-		{ "cleanup", MU_CONFIG_CMD_CLEANUP },
-		{ "mkdir",   MU_CONFIG_CMD_MKDIR },
-		{ "view",    MU_CONFIG_CMD_VIEW },
-		{ "extract", MU_CONFIG_CMD_EXTRACT }
-	};
+		int i;
+		typedef struct {
+				const gchar*	_name;
+				MuConfigCmd		_cmd;
+		} Cmd;
+		
+		Cmd cmd_map[] = {
+				{ "index",   MU_CONFIG_CMD_INDEX },
+				{ "find",    MU_CONFIG_CMD_FIND },
+				{ "cleanup", MU_CONFIG_CMD_CLEANUP },
+				{ "mkdir",   MU_CONFIG_CMD_MKDIR },
+				{ "view",    MU_CONFIG_CMD_VIEW },
+				{ "extract", MU_CONFIG_CMD_EXTRACT }
+		};
+		
+		opts->cmd	 = MU_CONFIG_CMD_NONE;
+		opts->cmdstr = NULL;
+		
+		if (*argcp < 2) /* no command found at all */
+				return FALSE;
+		else if ((**argvp)[1] == '-') 
+				/* if the first param starts with '-', there is no
+				 * command, just some option (like --version, --help
+				 * etc.)*/
+				return TRUE;
 
-	if (*argcp < 2)
-			return MU_CONFIG_CMD_UNKNOWN;
-	
-	cmd = (*argvp)[1]; /* commmand or option */
-	
-	for (i = 0; i != G_N_ELEMENTS(cmd_map); ++i) 
-			if (strcmp (cmd, cmd_map[i]._name) == 0)
-					return cmd_map[i]._cmd;
+		opts->cmd	 = MU_CONFIG_CMD_UNKNOWN;
+		opts->cmdstr = (*argvp)[1];
+		for (i = 0; i != G_N_ELEMENTS(cmd_map); ++i) 
+				if (strcmp (opts->cmdstr, cmd_map[i]._name) == 0)
+						opts->cmd = cmd_map[i]._cmd;
 
-	/* if the first param starts with '-', there is no command, just some option
-	 * (like --version, --help etc.)*/
-	if (cmd[0] == '-')
-			return MU_CONFIG_CMD_NONE;
-	
-	return MU_CONFIG_CMD_UNKNOWN;
+		return TRUE;
 }
 
 
+
 static gboolean
-parse_params (MuConfigOptions *opts, int *argcp, char ***argvp)
+parse_params (MuConfig *opts, int *argcp, char ***argvp)
 {
 		GError *err;
 		GOptionContext *context;
 		gboolean rv;
 		
-		opts->cmd = cmd_from_params (argcp, argvp);
-		if (opts->cmd == MU_CONFIG_CMD_UNKNOWN)
+		if (!parse_cmd_from_params (opts, argcp, argvp))
 				return FALSE;
-		
+			
 		context = g_option_context_new("- mu general option");
 		g_option_context_set_main_group(context, config_options_group_mu(opts));
 
@@ -289,57 +295,115 @@ parse_params (MuConfigOptions *opts, int *argcp, char ***argvp)
 		case MU_CONFIG_CMD_EXTRACT:
 				g_option_context_add_group(context, config_options_group_extract(opts));
 				break;
-		case MU_CONFIG_CMD_UNKNOWN:
-				
 		default:
 				break;
 		}
 		
 		err = NULL;
 		rv = g_option_context_parse(context, argcp, argvp, &err);
+		g_option_context_free (context);
 		if (!rv) {
-				/* use g_printerr here, as logging is not yet initialized */
-				if (opts->cmd != MU_CONFIG_CMD_NONE)
-						g_printerr ("error in options for command: %s\n", err->message);
-				else
-						g_printerr ("error in options: %s\n", err->message);
+				g_printerr ("mu: error in options: %s\n", err->message);
 				g_error_free(err);
+				return FALSE;
 		}
 		
-		g_option_context_free(context);
-
 		/* fill in the defaults if user did not specify */
 		set_group_mu_defaults(opts);
 		set_group_index_defaults(opts);
 		set_group_find_defaults(opts);
 		/* set_group_mkdir_defaults (opts); */
 
-		return rv;
-}
-
-gboolean
-mu_config_init (MuConfigOptions *opts, int *argcp, char ***argvp)
-{
-		g_return_val_if_fail(opts, FALSE);
-		memset(opts, 0, sizeof(MuConfigOptions));
-
-		/* defaults are set in parse_params */
-		if (argcp && argvp) 
-				if (!parse_params(opts, argcp, argvp))
-						return FALSE;
-				
 		return TRUE;
 }
 
-void
-mu_config_uninit (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+MuConfig*
+mu_config_new (int *argcp, char ***argvp)
 {
-		g_return_if_fail(opts);
+		MuConfig *config;
+
+		config = g_new0 (MuConfig, 1);
+
+		/* defaults are set in parse_params */
+		if (argcp && argvp) 
+				if (!parse_params(config, argcp, argvp)) {
+						mu_config_destroy (config);
+						return NULL;
+				}
+				
+		return config;
+}
+
+void
+mu_config_destroy (MuConfig *opts)
+{
+		if (!opts)
+				return;
 		
 		g_free(opts->muhome);
 		g_free(opts->maildir);
 		g_free(opts->linksdir);
 		g_free(opts->targetdir);
-		
 		g_strfreev(opts->params);
+		g_free (opts);
+}
+
+
+static void
+show_usage (gboolean noerror)
+{
+		const char* usage=
+				"usage: mu command [options] [parameters]\n"
+				"where command is one of index, find, view, mkdir, cleanup "
+				"or extract\n\n"
+				"see the mu, mu-<command> or mu-easy manpages for "
+				"more information\n";
+
+		if (noerror)
+				g_print ("%s", usage);
+		else
+				g_printerr ("%s", usage);
+}
+
+static void
+show_version (void)
+{
+		g_print ("mu (mail indexer/searcher) " VERSION "\n"
+				 "Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema (GPLv3+)\n");
+}
+
+
+MuExitCode
+mu_config_execute (MuConfig *opts)
+{
+		g_return_val_if_fail (opts, MU_EXITCODE_ERROR);
+		
+		if (opts->version) {
+				show_version ();
+				return MU_EXITCODE_OK;
+		}
+	
+		if (!opts->params||!opts->params[0]) {/* no command? */
+				show_version ();
+				g_print ("\n");
+				show_usage (TRUE);
+				return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		switch (opts->cmd) {
+
+		case MU_CONFIG_CMD_CLEANUP:    return mu_cmd_cleanup (opts);
+		case MU_CONFIG_CMD_EXTRACT:    return mu_cmd_extract (opts);
+		case MU_CONFIG_CMD_FIND:       return mu_cmd_find (opts);
+		case MU_CONFIG_CMD_INDEX:      return mu_cmd_index (opts);
+		case MU_CONFIG_CMD_MKDIR:      return mu_cmd_mkdir (opts);
+		case MU_CONFIG_CMD_VIEW:       return mu_cmd_view (opts);
+		
+		case MU_CONFIG_CMD_UNKNOWN:
+				g_printerr ("mu: unknown command '%s'\n\n", opts->cmdstr);
+				show_usage (FALSE);
+				return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
+		default:
+				g_return_val_if_reached (MU_EXITCODE_ERROR);
+		}
 }
diff --git a/src/mu-config.h b/src/mu-config.h
index 38b8a154..a77a4737 100644
--- a/src/mu-config.h
+++ b/src/mu-config.h
@@ -22,93 +22,107 @@
 
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <sys/types.h> /* for mode_t */
-
-#include "mu-msg-fields.h"
+#include <mu-msg-fields.h>
+#include <mu-util.h>
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 enum _MuConfigCmd {
-	MU_CONFIG_CMD_INDEX,
-	MU_CONFIG_CMD_FIND,
-	MU_CONFIG_CMD_CLEANUP,
-	MU_CONFIG_CMD_MKDIR,
-	MU_CONFIG_CMD_VIEW,
-	MU_CONFIG_CMD_EXTRACT,
-	MU_CONFIG_CMD_NONE,
+		MU_CONFIG_CMD_INDEX,
+		MU_CONFIG_CMD_FIND,
+		MU_CONFIG_CMD_CLEANUP,
+		MU_CONFIG_CMD_MKDIR,
+		MU_CONFIG_CMD_VIEW,
+		MU_CONFIG_CMD_EXTRACT,
+		MU_CONFIG_CMD_NONE,
 	
-	MU_CONFIG_CMD_UNKNOWN
+		MU_CONFIG_CMD_UNKNOWN
 };
 typedef enum _MuConfigCmd MuConfigCmd;
 
 
-
 /* struct with all configuration options for mu; it will be filled
  * from the config file, and/or command line arguments */
 
-struct _MuConfigOptions {
+struct _MuConfig {
 
-	MuConfigCmd      cmd;           /* the command, or MU_CONFIG_CMD_NONE */
-	const char       *cmdstr;       /* cmd string, for user info */
+		MuConfigCmd      cmd;           /* the command, or
+										 * MU_CONFIG_CMD_NONE */
+		const char       *cmdstr;       /* cmd string, for user info */
 	
-	/* general options */
-	gboolean	 quiet;         /* don't give any output */
-	gboolean	 debug;         /* spew out debug info */
-	char		*muhome;        /* the House of Mu */
-	gboolean	 version;	/* request mu version */
-	gboolean	 log_stderr;	/* log to stderr (not logfile) */
-	gchar**	         params;	/* parameters (for querying) */
+		/* general options */
+		gboolean		 quiet;			/* don't give any output */
+		gboolean		 debug;			/* spew out debug info */
+		char			*muhome;		/* the House of Mu */
+		gboolean		 version;		/* request mu version */
+		gboolean		 log_stderr;	/* log to stderr (not logfile) */
+		gchar**	         params;		/* parameters (for querying) */
 	
-	/* options for indexing */
-	char	        *maildir;	/* where the mails are */
-	gboolean         nocleanup;	/* don't cleanup deleted mails from db */
-	gboolean         reindex;	/* re-index existing mails */
-	gboolean         rebuild;       /* empty the database before indexing */
-	gboolean         autoupgrade;   /* automatically upgrade db
-					 * when needed */
-	int		 xbatchsize;    /* batchsize for xapian commits, or 0 for default
-					 * */
+		/* options for indexing */
+		char	        *maildir;		/* where the mails are */
+		gboolean         nocleanup;		/* don't cleanup deleted mails from db */
+		gboolean         reindex;		/* re-index existing mails */
+		gboolean         rebuild;		/* empty the database before indexing */
+		gboolean         autoupgrade;   /* automatically upgrade db
+										 * when needed */
+		int				 xbatchsize;    /* batchsize for xapian
+										 * commits, or 0 for
+										 * default */
 	
-	/* options for querying */
-	gboolean         xquery;        /* give the Xapian query instead of
-					   search results */
-	char		*fields;	/* fields to show in output */	
-	char	        *sortfield;	/* field to sort by (string) */
-	gboolean        descending;	/* sort descending? */
-	unsigned        summary_len;    /* max # of lines of msg in summary */
-	char            *bookmark;      /* use bookmark */
-	/* output to a maildir with symlinks */
-	char            *linksdir;      /* maildir to output symlinks */
-	gboolean	clearlinks;     /* clear a linksdir before filling */
-	mode_t		dirmode;	/* mode for the created maildir */
+		/* options for querying */
+		gboolean         xquery;        /* give the Xapian query
+										   instead of search
+										   results */
+		char			*fields;		/* fields to show in output */	
+		char	        *sortfield;		/* field to sort by (string) */
+		gboolean		 descending;	/* sort descending? */
+		unsigned		 summary_len;	/* max # of lines of msg in summary */
+		char            *bookmark;		/* use bookmark */
 
-	/* options for extracting parts */
-	gboolean        *save_all;           /* extract all parts */
-	gboolean	*save_attachments;   /* extract all attachment parts */
-	gchar           *parts;              /* comma-sep'd list of parts to save */
-	char            *targetdir;          /* where to save the attachments */
-	gboolean        overwrite;           /* should we overwrite same-named files */
+		/* output to a maildir with symlinks */
+		char            *linksdir;		/* maildir to output symlinks */
+		gboolean		 clearlinks;	/* clear a linksdir before filling */
+		mode_t			 dirmode;		/* mode for the created maildir */
+
+		/* options for extracting parts */
+		gboolean		*save_all;		/* extract all parts */
+		gboolean		*save_attachments;		/* extract all attachment parts */
+		gchar			*parts;			/* comma-sep'd list of parts
+										 * to save */
+		char			*targetdir;		/* where to save the attachments */
+		gboolean		 overwrite;		/* should we overwrite same-named files */
 };
-typedef struct _MuConfigOptions MuConfigOptions;
+typedef struct _MuConfig MuConfig;
 
-
-/** 
+/**
+ * create a new mu config object
+ * 
  * set default values for the configuration options; when you call
  * mu_config_init, you should also call mu_config_uninit when the data
  * is no longer needed.
  * 
  * @param opts options 
  */
-gboolean mu_config_init (MuConfigOptions *opts, int *argcp, char ***argvp);
+MuConfig *mu_config_new (int *argcp, char ***argvp);
 
-
-/** 
- * free the MuOptionsCOnfig structure; the the muhome and maildir
+/**
+ * free the MuOptionsConfig structure; the the muhome and maildir
  * members are heap-allocated, so must be freed.
  * 
- * @param opts 
+ * @param opts a MuConfig struct, or NULL
  */
-void  mu_config_uninit (MuConfigOptions *opts);
+void mu_config_destroy (MuConfig *opts);
 
+/**
+ * execute the command / options in this config
+ * 
+ * @param opts the commands/options
+ * 
+ * @return a value denoting the success/failure of the execution; MU_CONFIG_RETVAL_OK (0)
+ * for success, non-zero for a failure. This is to used for the exit
+ * code of the process
+ */
+MuExitCode mu_config_execute (MuConfig *opts);
 
 G_END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/src/mu-error.h b/src/mu-error.h
index 1a605d17..d547ecac 100644
--- a/src/mu-error.h
+++ b/src/mu-error.h
@@ -21,37 +21,9 @@
 #ifndef __MU_ERROR_H__
 #define __MU_ERROR_H__
 
-enum _MuError {
-	/* general xapian related error */
-	MU_ERROR_XAPIAN,
-	/* xapian dir is not accessible */
-	MU_ERROR_XAPIAN_DIR,
-	/* database version is not uptodate (ie. not compatible with
-	 * the version that mu expects) */
-	MU_ERROR_XAPIAN_NOT_UPTODATE,
-	/* missing data for a document */
-	MU_ERROR_XAPIAN_MISSING_DATA,
-	/* (parsnng) error in the query */ 
-	MU_ERROR_QUERY,
-	/* gmime parsing related error */
-	MU_ERROR_GMIME,
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
-	/* File errors */
-	MU_ERROR_FILE_INVALID_SOURCE,
-	MU_ERROR_FILE_INVALID_NAME,
-	MU_ERROR_FILE_CANNOT_LINK,
-	MU_ERROR_FILE_CANNOT_OPEN,
-	MU_ERROR_FILE_CANNOT_READ,
-	MU_ERROR_FILE_CANNOT_CREATE,
-	MU_FILE_ERROR_CANNOT_MKDIR,
-	MU_FILE_ERROR_STAT_FAILED,
-	MU_FILE_ERROR_READDIR_FAILED,
-	/* generic file-related error */
-	MU_ERROR_FILE,
-	
-	/* some other, internal error */
-	MU_ERROR_INTERNAL
-};
-typedef enum _MuError MuError;
+
+G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /*__MU_ERROR_H__*/
diff --git a/src/mu-index.h b/src/mu-index.h
index 861ed004..7224fa77 100644
--- a/src/mu-index.h
+++ b/src/mu-index.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
+** Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
 ** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ** it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <glib.h>
+#include <mu-util.h> /* for MuResult */
 
-#include "mu-result.h" /* for MuResult */
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 /* opaque structure */
 struct _MuIndex;
@@ -178,4 +179,6 @@ MuResult mu_index_cleanup (MuIndex *index, MuIndexStats *stats,
  */
 gboolean mu_index_stats_clear (MuIndexStats *stats);
 
+G_END_DECLS
+
 #endif /*__MU_INDEX_H__*/
diff --git a/src/mu-maildir.h b/src/mu-maildir.h
index 52782a52..c8ee45cc 100644
--- a/src/mu-maildir.h
+++ b/src/mu-maildir.h
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>          /* for mode_t */
-
-#include <mu-result.h>          /* for MuResult */
-#include <mu-error.h>
+#include <mu-util.h> /* for MuResult, MuError */
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
diff --git a/src/mu-msg-fields.c b/src/mu-msg-fields.c
index b6d12d13..7c7803a6 100644
--- a/src/mu-msg-fields.c
+++ b/src/mu-msg-fields.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
+** Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
 ** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ** it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/src/mu-msg-file.c b/src/mu-msg-file.c
index 5cd256f0..1ac9a14f 100644
--- a/src/mu-msg-file.c
+++ b/src/mu-msg-file.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ mu_msg_file_get_flags_from_path (const char *path)
 {
 		MuMsgFlags flags;
 		MsgType mtype;
-		char *info = NULL;
+		char *info = NULL, *cursor;
 
 		g_return_val_if_fail (path, MU_MSG_FLAG_NONE);
 		g_return_val_if_fail (!g_str_has_suffix(path, G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S),
@@ -99,42 +99,29 @@ mu_msg_file_get_flags_from_path (const char *path)
 
 		mtype = check_msg_type (path, &info);
 		if (mtype == MSG_TYPE_NEW) {	/* we ignore any new-msg flags */
-				g_free(info);
-				return MU_MSG_FLAG_NEW;
+				flags = MU_MSG_FLAG_NEW;
+				goto leave;
 		}
 
 		flags = MU_MSG_FLAG_NONE;
-		if (mtype == MSG_TYPE_CUR || mtype == MSG_TYPE_OTHER) {
-				char *cursor = info;
-				/* only support the "2," format */
-				if (cursor && cursor[0] == '2' && cursor[1] == ',') {
-						cursor += 2;	/* jump past 2, */
-						for (; *cursor; ++cursor) {
-								switch (*cursor) {
-								case 'P':
-										flags |= MU_MSG_FLAG_PASSED;
-										break;
-								case 'T':
-										flags |= MU_MSG_FLAG_TRASHED;
-										break;
-								case 'R':
-										flags |= MU_MSG_FLAG_REPLIED;
-										break;
-								case 'S':
-										flags |= MU_MSG_FLAG_SEEN;
-										break;
-								case 'D':
-										flags |= MU_MSG_FLAG_DRAFT;
-										break;
-								case 'F':
-										flags |= MU_MSG_FLAG_FLAGGED;
-										break;
-								}
-						}
+		if ((mtype != MSG_TYPE_CUR && mtype != MSG_TYPE_OTHER) ||
+			!(info && info[0] == '2' && info[1] == ','))
+				goto leave;
+		
+		for (cursor = info + 2; *cursor; ++cursor) {
+				switch (*cursor) {
+				case 'P': flags |= MU_MSG_FLAG_PASSED; break;
+				case 'T': flags |= MU_MSG_FLAG_TRASHED; break;
+				case 'R': flags |= MU_MSG_FLAG_REPLIED; break;
+				case 'S': flags |= MU_MSG_FLAG_SEEN; break;
+				case 'D': flags |= MU_MSG_FLAG_DRAFT; break;
+				case 'F': flags |= MU_MSG_FLAG_FLAGGED; break;
+				default:  break; /* ignore */
 				}
 		}
-		g_free(info);
 
+leave:
+		g_free(info);
 		return flags;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mu-msg-priv.h b/src/mu-msg-priv.h
index 7211aa92..34c2ec54 100644
--- a/src/mu-msg-priv.h
+++ b/src/mu-msg-priv.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include "mu-msg.h"
 
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
 /* we put the the MuMsg definition in this separate -priv file, so we
  * can split the mu_msg implementations over separate files */
 
@@ -57,4 +59,6 @@ struct _MuMsg {
 	MuMsgPrio       _prio;
 };
 
+G_END_DECLS
+
 #endif /*__MU_MSG_PRIV_H__*/
diff --git a/src/mu-msg-status.h b/src/mu-msg-status.h
index c6afc2be..afc92e5f 100644
--- a/src/mu-msg-status.h
+++ b/src/mu-msg-status.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* 
-** Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
+** Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
 ** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ** it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #ifndef __MU_MSG_STATUS_H__
 #define __MU_MSG_STATUS_H__
 
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
 /* what kind of message is this; use by the indexer */
 enum _MuMsgStatus {
 	MU_MSG_STATUS_NEW,	  /* message is new */
@@ -31,4 +33,6 @@ enum _MuMsgStatus {
 };
 typedef enum _MuMsgStatus MuMsgStatus;
 
+G_END_DECLS
+
 #endif /*__MU_MSG_STATUS_H__*/
diff --git a/src/mu-msg.h b/src/mu-msg.h
index 45e38f0e..38a29939 100644
--- a/src/mu-msg.h
+++ b/src/mu-msg.h
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 #ifndef __MU_MSG_H__
 #define __MU_MSG_H__
 
-#include "mu-msg-flags.h"
-#include "mu-msg-fields.h"
-#include "mu-msg-status.h"
-#include "mu-msg-prio.h"
-#include "mu-error.h"
+#include <mu-msg-flags.h>
+#include <mu-msg-fields.h>
+#include <mu-msg-status.h>
+#include <mu-msg-prio.h>
+#include <mu-util.h> /* for MuResult, MuError */
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ struct _MuMsg;
 typedef struct _MuMsg MuMsg;
 
 
-
 /**
  * initialize the GMime-system; this function needs to be called
  * before doing anything else with MuMsg. mu_runtime_init will call
diff --git a/src/mu-output-link.c b/src/mu-output-link.c
deleted file mode 100644
index ccfc0fd9..00000000
--- a/src/mu-output-link.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-/*
-** Copyright (C) 2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
-**
-** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-** under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-** Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any
-** later version.
-**
-** This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-** but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-** MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-** GNU General Public License for more details.
-**
-** You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-** along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
-** Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
-**
-*/
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#include "config.h"
-#endif /*HAVE_CONFIG_H*/
-
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include "mu-msg.h"
-#include "mu-maildir.h"
-#include "mu-index.h"
-#include "mu-msg-iter.h"
-
-#include "mu-util.h"
-#include "mu-output-link.h"
-
-
-/* create a linksdir if it not exist yet; if it already existed,
- * remove old links if opts->clearlinks was specified */
-gboolean
-mu_output_link_create_dir (const char *linksdir, gboolean clearlinks)
-{
-		GError *err;
-		
-		g_return_val_if_fail (linksdir, FALSE);
-
-		err = NULL;
-		if (access (linksdir, F_OK) != 0) {
-				if (!mu_maildir_mkdir (linksdir, 0700, TRUE, &err))
-						goto fail;
-		} else if (clearlinks)
-				if (!mu_maildir_clear_links (linksdir, &err))
-						goto fail;
-		
-		return TRUE;
-		
-fail:
-		if (err) {
-				g_warning ("%s", err->message ? err->message : "unknown error");
-				g_error_free (err);
-		}
-		return FALSE;
-		
-}
-
-gboolean
-mu_output_link_row (MuMsgIter *iter, const char* linksdir)
-{
-	const char *path;
-	GError *err;
-	
-	g_return_val_if_fail (iter, FALSE);
-	g_return_val_if_fail (linksdir, FALSE);	
-	g_return_val_if_fail (!mu_msg_iter_is_done (iter), FALSE);
-	
-	path = mu_msg_iter_get_field (iter, MU_MSG_FIELD_ID_PATH);
-	if (!path)
-			return FALSE;
-	
-	/* this might happen  if the database is not up-to-date, not an error */
-	if (access (path, R_OK) != 0) {
-			if (errno == ENOENT)
-				g_warning ("cannot find source message %s: "
-					   "the database is not up-to-date", path);
-		else
-			g_warning ("cannot read source message %s: %s", path,
-				   strerror (errno));
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
-	err = NULL;
-	if (!mu_maildir_link (path, linksdir, &err)) {
-			if (err) {
-					g_warning ("%s", err->message ? err->message : "unknown error");
-					g_error_free (err);
-			}
-			return FALSE;
-	}
-		 
-	return TRUE;
-}
-
diff --git a/src/mu-output-link.h b/src/mu-output-link.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 21ca591d..00000000
--- a/src/mu-output-link.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/*
-** Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
-**
-** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-** under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-** Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any
-** later version.
-**
-** This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-** but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-** MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-** GNU General Public License for more details.
-**
-** You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-** along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
-** Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
-**
-*/
-
-#ifndef __MU_OUTPUT_LINK_H__
-#define __MU_OUTPUT_LINK_H__
-
-/**
- * create a target maildir to store the links if it does not exist yet
- * 
- * @param linksdir path to the toplevel Maildir to create
- * @param clearlinks if TRUE, clear any existing links in the target maildir
- * 
- * @return TRUE if succeeded, FALSE otherwise
- */
-gboolean mu_output_link_create_dir (const char *linksdir, gboolean clearlinks);
-
-/**
- *  create a symlink for for a message. the target dir should already
- *  exist, use mu_output_link_create_dir if needed.
- * 
- * @param iter iterator pointing to a message row
- * @param fields the fields to print (see MuMsgFields)
- * @param summary_len number of lines to include in message summary
- * 
- * @return TRUE if the printing succeeded, FALSE in case of error
- */
-gboolean mu_output_link_row (MuMsgIter *iter, const char *linksdir);
-
-#endif /*__MU_OUTPUT_LINK_H__*/
diff --git a/src/mu-output-plain.c b/src/mu-output-plain.c
index 93f63c11..9727b6f0 100644
--- a/src/mu-output-plain.c
+++ b/src/mu-output-plain.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
+** Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
 ** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 ** under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 **
 */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
 #endif /*HAVE_CONFIG_H*/
 
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@
 #include "mu-msg-iter.h"
 #include "mu-str.h"
 
-/* #include "mu-util.h" */
-/* #include "mu-util-db.h" */
-/* #include "mu-cmd.h" */
-
 #include "mu-output-plain.h"
 
 
diff --git a/src/mu-query.h b/src/mu-query.h
index d5686ee5..cff936ed 100644
--- a/src/mu-query.h
+++ b/src/mu-query.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <mu-msg-iter.h>
-#include <mu-error.h>
+#include <mu-util.h> /* for MuResult, MuError */
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
diff --git a/src/mu-result.h b/src/mu-result.h
index ce91762d..0707a204 100644
--- a/src/mu-result.h
+++ b/src/mu-result.h
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@
 #ifndef __MU_RESULT_H__
 #define __MU_RESULT_H__
 
-enum _MuResult {
-	MU_OK,		/* all went ok */
-	MU_STOP,	/* user wants to stop */	
-	MU_ERROR	/* some other error occured */
-};
-typedef enum _MuResult MuResult;
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+
+G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /*__MU_RESULT__*/
diff --git a/src/mu-runtime.c b/src/mu-runtime.c
index 8a5496d0..5f6d282b 100644
--- a/src/mu-runtime.c
+++ b/src/mu-runtime.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct _MuRuntimeData {
 	gchar			*_muhome;
 	gchar			*_xapian_dir;
 	gchar			*_bookmarks_file;
-	MuConfigOptions		*_config;
+	MuConfig		*_config;
 };
 typedef struct _MuRuntimeData	 MuRuntimeData;
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ mu_runtime_init (const char* muhome_arg)
 
 
 static gboolean
-init_log (MuConfigOptions *opts)
+init_log (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 	if (opts->log_stderr)
 		return mu_log_init_with_fd (fileno(stderr), FALSE,
@@ -117,9 +117,8 @@ mu_runtime_init_from_cmdline (int *pargc, char ***pargv)
 		return FALSE;
 
 	_data	       = g_new0 (MuRuntimeData, 1);	
-	_data->_config = g_new0 (MuConfigOptions, 1);
-	
-	if (!mu_config_init (_data->_config, pargc, pargv)) {
+	_data->_config = mu_config_new (pargc, pargv);
+	if (!_data->_config) {
 		runtime_free ();
 		return FALSE;
 	 }
@@ -148,10 +147,7 @@ runtime_free (void)
 	g_free (_data->_xapian_dir);
 	g_free (_data->_muhome);
 
-	if (_data->_config) {
-		mu_config_uninit (_data->_config);
-		g_free (_data->_config);
-	}
+	mu_config_destroy (_data->_config);
 
 	mu_log_uninit();
 	
@@ -208,8 +204,8 @@ mu_runtime_bookmarks_file  (void)
 }
 
 
-MuConfigOptions*
-mu_runtime_config_options (void)
+MuConfig*
+mu_runtime_config (void)
 {
 	g_return_val_if_fail (_initialized, NULL);
 	
diff --git a/src/mu-runtime.h b/src/mu-runtime.h
index cd1ad07a..9f5f011f 100644
--- a/src/mu-runtime.h
+++ b/src/mu-runtime.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ const char* mu_runtime_bookmarks_file  (void);
  * 
  * @return the configuration options
  */
-MuConfigOptions* mu_runtime_config_options (void);
+MuConfig* mu_runtime_config (void);
 
 G_END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/src/mu-store.h b/src/mu-store.h
index 5f48112b..d8d79d8e 100644
--- a/src/mu-store.h
+++ b/src/mu-store.h
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@
 
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
-
-#include <mu-result.h>
 #include <mu-msg.h>
-#include <mu-error.h>
+#include <mu-util.h> /* for MuResult, MuError */
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
diff --git a/src/mu-util.h b/src/mu-util.h
index c7834e1c..f0fb4bde 100644
--- a/src/mu-util.h
+++ b/src/mu-util.h
@@ -225,9 +225,61 @@ unsigned char mu_util_get_dtype_with_lstat (const char *path);
 	G_STMT_START {						     \
 		g_log (G_LOG_DOMAIN,				     \
 		       G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,			     \
-		       __VA_ARGS__);					     \
+		       __VA_ARGS__);				     \
 	} G_STMT_END
 
+
+enum _MuResult {
+	MU_OK,		/* all went ok */
+	MU_STOP,	/* user wants to stop */	
+	MU_ERROR	/* some other error occured */
+};
+typedef enum _MuResult MuResult;
+
+enum _MuExitCode {
+	MU_EXITCODE_OK	       = 0,
+	MU_EXITCODE_ERROR      = 1,
+	MU_EXITCODE_NO_MATCHES = 2
+};
+typedef enum _MuExitCode MuExitCode;
+
+enum _MuError {
+	/* general xapian related error */
+	MU_ERROR_XAPIAN,
+	/* xapian dir is not accessible */
+	MU_ERROR_XAPIAN_DIR,
+	/* database version is not uptodate (ie. not compatible with
+	 * the version that mu expects) */
+	MU_ERROR_XAPIAN_NOT_UPTODATE,
+	/* missing data for a document */
+	MU_ERROR_XAPIAN_MISSING_DATA,
+	/* (parsnng) error in the query */ 
+	MU_ERROR_QUERY,
+	/* gmime parsing related error */
+	MU_ERROR_GMIME,
+
+	/* File errors */
+	MU_ERROR_FILE_INVALID_SOURCE,
+	MU_ERROR_FILE_INVALID_NAME,
+	MU_ERROR_FILE_CANNOT_LINK,
+	MU_ERROR_FILE_CANNOT_OPEN,
+	MU_ERROR_FILE_CANNOT_READ,
+	MU_ERROR_FILE_CANNOT_CREATE,
+	MU_FILE_ERROR_CANNOT_MKDIR,
+	MU_FILE_ERROR_STAT_FAILED,
+	MU_FILE_ERROR_READDIR_FAILED,
+	/* generic file-related error */
+	MU_ERROR_FILE,
+	
+	/* some other, internal error */
+	MU_ERROR_INTERNAL
+};
+typedef enum _MuError MuError;
+
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
+
+
+
 #endif /*__MU_UTIL_H__*/
diff --git a/src/mu.cc b/src/mu.cc
index 5c5d9318..a738a784 100644
--- a/src/mu.cc
+++ b/src/mu.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
+** Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
 ** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 ** under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -18,21 +18,20 @@
 */
 
 #include <glib.h>
+
 #include "mu-cmd.h"
 #include "mu-runtime.h"
 
 int
 main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	gboolean rv;
+	int rv;
 	
 	if (!mu_runtime_init_from_cmdline (&argc, &argv))
 		return 1;
-	
-	rv = mu_cmd_execute (mu_runtime_config_options());
-
+	rv = mu_config_execute (mu_runtime_config());
 	mu_runtime_uninit ();
 	
-	return rv ? 0 : 1;
+	return rv;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tests/Makefile.am b/src/tests/Makefile.am
index 4f237416..967fa7e0 100644
--- a/src/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@ noinst_PROGRAMS= $(TEST_PROGS)
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES=libtestmucommon.la
 
 TEST_PROGS += test-mu-util
-test_mu_util_SOURCES= test-mu-util.c
+test_mu_util_SOURCES= test-mu-util.c dummy.cc
 test_mu_util_LDADD=   libtestmucommon.la
 
 TEST_PROGS += test-mu-str
-test_mu_str_SOURCES= test-mu-str.c
+test_mu_str_SOURCES= test-mu-str.c dummy.cc
 test_mu_str_LDADD=  libtestmucommon.la
 
 TEST_PROGS += test-mu-maildir
-test_mu_maildir_SOURCES= test-mu-maildir.c
+test_mu_maildir_SOURCES= test-mu-maildir.c dummy.cc
 test_mu_maildir_LDADD=  libtestmucommon.la
 
 TEST_PROGS += test-mu-msg-fields
-test_mu_msg_fields_SOURCES= test-mu-msg-fields.c
+test_mu_msg_fields_SOURCES= test-mu-msg-fields.c dummy.cc
 test_mu_msg_fields_LDADD=  libtestmucommon.la
 
 TEST_PROGS += test-mu-query
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ test_mu_cmd_SOURCES= test-mu-cmd.c dummy.cc
 test_mu_cmd_LDADD=    libtestmucommon.la
 
 TEST_PROGS += test-mu-msg
-test_mu_msg_SOURCES= test-mu-msg.c
+test_mu_msg_SOURCES= test-mu-msg.c dummy.cc
 test_mu_msg_LDADD=  libtestmucommon.la
 
 TEST_PROGS += test-mu-runtime
-test_mu_runtime_SOURCES= test-mu-runtime.c
+test_mu_runtime_SOURCES= test-mu-runtime.c dummy.cc
 test_mu_runtime_LDADD=  libtestmucommon.la
 
 TEST_PROGS += test-mu-store
@@ -73,10 +73,9 @@ test_mu_store_SOURCES= test-mu-store.c dummy.cc
 test_mu_store_LDADD= libtestmucommon.la
 
 TEST_PROGS += test-mu-msg-file
-test_mu_msg_file_SOURCES= test-mu-msg-file.c
+test_mu_msg_file_SOURCES= test-mu-msg-file.c dummy.cc
 test_mu_msg_file_LDADD=  libtestmucommon.la
 
-
 libtestmucommon_la_SOURCES=				\
 	test-mu-common.c				\
 	test-mu-common.h
diff --git a/src/tests/test-mu-cmd.c b/src/tests/test-mu-cmd.c
index 9623ad54..a4c95a1b 100644
--- a/src/tests/test-mu-cmd.c
+++ b/src/tests/test-mu-cmd.c
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ test_mu_extract_01 (void)
 								   G_DIR_SEPARATOR,
 								   G_DIR_SEPARATOR);
 
+		/* g_print ("[%s]", cmdline) */
+		
 		output = erroutput = NULL;
 		g_assert (g_spawn_command_line_sync (cmdline, &output, &erroutput, NULL, NULL));
 		g_assert_cmpstr (output,