mbpath - Cyrus IMAP documentation
Translate mailbox names to filesystem paths
mbpath [ -C config-file ] [ -l ] [ -m ] [ -q ] [ -s ] [ -u | -p ] [ -a | -A | -M | -S | -U ] [ mailbox-names... ]
Given a mailbox name or a space separated list of mailbox names, mbpath outputs the filesystem path(s) of the mailbox. By default, the mailboxes' data partition paths are shown (same as -D). See Selectors for selecting which filesystem path(s) to output.
mbpath reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file unless specified otherwise by -C. It uses <configdirectory>/mailboxes.db to locate the mailboxes on disk.
-C config-file
Use the specified configuration file config-file rather than the default imapd.conf(5).
-l, --local-only
Local mailboxes only (exits with error for remote or nonexistent mailboxes)
-m |
Output the path to the metadata files (if different from the message files). Legacy, use -M. |
-q, --quiet
Suppress any error output.
-s, --stop
If any error occurs, stop processing the list of mailboxes and exit.
-u, --userids
The specified mailbox-names are userids, not mailboxes.
-p, --paths
The specified mailbox-names are UNIX mailbox paths, not mailboxes.
-A, --archive
Show the mailbox archive path
-D, --data
Show the mailbox data path (default)
-M, --metadata
Show the mailbox metadata path (same as -m)
-S, --sieve
Show the user sieve scripts path
-U, --user-files
Show the user files path (seen, sub, etc)
-a, --all
Show all paths, as if all selectors were specified
mbpath
user.jsmith
Display the data path for mailbox user.jsmith.
mbpath
-M user.jsmith
Display the metadata path for mailbox user.jsmith.
mbpath -u
-S jsmith
Display the sieve scripts path for user jsmith.
/etc/imapd.conf, <configdirectory>/mailboxes.db
imapd.conf(5)
The Cyrus Team, Nic Bernstein (Onlight)
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