**mbpath**
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Translate mailbox names to filesystem paths


Synopsis
========

   **mbpath** [ **-C** *config-file* ] [ **-l** ] [ **-m** ] [ **-q** ] [ **-s** ] [ **-u** | **-p** ] [ **-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-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.


Selectors
=========

-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


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)