---
name: "quartzcompact"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xapian-tools"
version: "1.0.7-4"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/quartzcompact"
---

# quartzcompact(1)

Compact a quartz database, or merge and compact several

## NAME

quartzcompact - Compact a quartz database, or merge and compact several

## SYNOPSIS

**quartzcompact** \[*OPTION*\] *SOURCE\_DATABASE*... *DESTINATION\_DATABASE*

## DESCRIPTION

quartzcompact - Compact a quartz database, or merge and compact several

## OPTIONS

- **-b**, **--blocksize**

  Set the blocksize in bytes (e.g. 4096) or K (e.g. 4K) (must be between 2K and 64K and a power of 2, default 8K)

- **-n**, **--no-full**

  Disable full compaction

- **-F**, **--fuller**

  Enable fuller compaction (not recommended if you plan to update the compacted database)

- **--help**

  display this help and exit

- **--version**

  output version information and exit