I'm trying to update an archiving tool that used the old folder: search terms to use the newer folder: or path: terms. From playing around with it, I think that the path: term is what I want to use. However, I am getting some behavior I don't understand unless path: searches don't properly handle spaces or I don't know how to quote them properly.
If I do: notmuch search --output=files path:'dir/INBOX/**' I get: <base>/dir/INBOX/cur/1411244319_3.18990.kea-tablet,U=24,FMD5=7e33429f656f1e6e9d79b29c3f82c57e:2,S <base>/dir/INBOX/cur/1411244319_2.18990.kea-tablet,U=23,FMD5=7e33429f656f1e6e9d79b29c3f82c57e:2,S <base>/dir/INBOX/INBOX/Sent Items/cur/1411244324_2.18990.kea-tablet,U=3,FMD5=e99e6ef6cc1489bb6d8b47a4c49bb989:2,S <base>/dir/INBOX/cur/1411244319_1.18990.kea-tablet,U=22,FMD5=7e33429f656f1e6e9d79b29c3f82c57e:2,RS <base>/dir/INBOX/cur/1411244319_0.18990.kea-tablet,U=21,FMD5=7e33429f656f1e6e9d79b29c3f82c57e:2,S <base>/dir/INBOX/cur/1411244318_3.18990.kea-tablet,U=20,FMD5=7e33429f656f1e6e9d79b29c3f82c57e:2,S <base>/dir/INBOX/cur/1411244318_2.18990.kea-tablet,U=19,FMD5=7e33429f656f1e6e9d79b29c3f82c57e:2,S <base>/dir/INBOX/cur/1411244318_1.18990.kea-tablet,U=18,FMD5=7e33429f656f1e6e9d79b29c3f82c57e:2,S <base>/dir/INBOX/INBOX/Sent Items/cur/1411244324_1.18990.kea-tablet,U=2,FMD5=e99e6ef6cc1489bb6d8b47a4c49bb989:2,S <base>/dir/INBOX/cur/1411244318_0.18990.kea-tablet,U=17,FMD5=7e33429f656f1e6e9d79b29c3f82c57e:2,S Notice that this contains results for "dir/INBOX/INBOX/Sent Items", which has a space in it. If I do: notmuch search --output=files path:'dir/INBOX/INBOX/Sent Items' I don't get any results, but it seems like the two results above should be shown, right? Am I doing something wrong here? If it looks like I'm doing it correctly, what can I do to help troubleshoot the issue? Thanks, Keith