ptexpire - Cyrus IMAP documentation
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3.10.2 Jun 27, 2025 PTEXPIRE(8)
Description
The ptexpire program sweeps the ptscache_db database, deleting entries older than the expiry duration,
which defaults to 5400 seconds (3 hours). The expiry duration can be changed with the -E option.
ptexpire reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file unless specified otherwise by -C.
Files
/etc/imapd.conf
Name
ptexpire - Cyrus IMAP documentation
Program to expire pts cache DB entries on command.
Options
-Cconfig-file
Use the specified configuration file config-file rather than the default imapd.conf(5).
-Eseconds,--expire-duration=seconds
Set the expiry duration to seconds.
See Also
imapd.conf(5)Synopsis
ptexpire [-Cfilename] [-Eseconds]
