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author | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2021-09-21 07:41:59 +0000 |
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committer | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2021-09-21 19:18:36 +0000 |
commit | c1cfe2c2ff17bca3cafb9dea4d7a7697eeab9683 (patch) | |
tree | dcad22ec6df905ca6f19f00744b33fa1356e8946 /Documentation | |
parent | 21fd0da3bcfba4d3564d262f88d3fd7479b6d5ee (diff) | |
download | public-inbox-c1cfe2c2ff17bca3cafb9dea4d7a7697eeab9683.tar.gz |
Avoid slurping gigantic (e.g. 100000) result sets into a single response if a giant limit is specified, and instead use 10000 as a window for the mset with a given offset. We'll also warn and hint towards about the --limit= switch when the estimated result set is larger than the default limit.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/lei-q.pod | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/lei-q.pod b/Documentation/lei-q.pod index 2823ced8..e1e3666d 100644 --- a/Documentation/lei-q.pod +++ b/Documentation/lei-q.pod @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ lei q [OPTIONS] (--stdin|-) =head1 DESCRIPTION -Search for messages across the lei store and externals. +Search for messages across the lei/store and externals. =for comment TODO: Give common prefixes, or at least a description/reference. @@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ Default: fcntl,dotlock =item -n NUMBER -Limit the number of matches. +Fuzzy limit the number of matches per-local external and lei/store. +Messages added by the L<--threads> switch do not count towards this +limit, and there is no limit on remote externals. Default: 10000 |