# MBPATH

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## NAME

mbpath - Cyrus IMAP documentation

Translate mailbox names to filesystem paths

## SYNOPSIS

mbpath [ -C config-file ] [ -l ] [ -m ] [ -q ] [ -s ] [ -u ] [ -a | -A | -M | -S | -U ] [ mailbox-names... ]

## DESCRIPTION

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.

## OPTIONS

-C config-file

Use the specified configuration file config-file rather than the default imapd.conf(5).

| -l |  | 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 |  | Suppress any error output.
| -s |  | If any error occurs, stop processing the list of mailboxes and exit.
| -u |  | The specified mailbox-names are users, not mailboxes.

## SELECTORS

| -A |  | Show the mailbox archive path |
| -D |  | Show the mailbox data path (default) |
| -M |  | Show the mailbox metadata path (same as -m) |
| -S |  | Show the user sieve scripts path |
| -U |  | Show the user files path (seen, sub, etc) |
| -a |  | Show all paths, as if all selectors were specified |

## EXAMPLES

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.

## FILES

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

## SEE ALSO

imapd.conf(5)

## AUTHOR

The Cyrus Team, Nic Bernstein (Onlight)

## COPYRIGHT

1993-2018, The Cyrus Team