mbpath - Cyrus IMAP documentation

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3.10.2                                            Jun 27, 2025                                         MBPATH(8)

       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.

mbpathuser.jsmithDisplaythedatapathformailboxuser.jsmith.mbpath-Muser.jsmithDisplaythemetadatapathformailboxuser.jsmith.mbpath-u-SjsmithDisplaythesievescriptspathforuserjsmith.

       /etc/imapd.conf, <configdirectory>/mailboxes.db

       mbpath - Cyrus IMAP documentation

       Translate mailbox names to filesystem paths

-Cconfig-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.

imapd.conf(5)

-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 [ -Cconfig-file ] [ -l ] [ -m ] [ -q ] [ -s ] [ -u | -p ] [ -a | -A | -M | -S | -U ] [ mailbox-names... ]