doveadm-dump(1)

1DOVEADM-DUMP(1)                     Dovecot                    DOVEADM-DUMP(1)
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NAME

6       doveadm-dump - Dump the content of Dovecot's binary mailbox index/log
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SYNOPSIS

9       doveadm [-Dv] dump [-t type] path
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DESCRIPTION

12       Dovecot  uses  several  binary  index and log files in order to improve
13       performance for accessing mails. For  some  mailbox  formats,  such  as
14       sdbox  and  mdbox,  the index files are part of the format itself.  For
15       details about index files,  see  also:  http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Index‐
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18       doveadm  dump  is  used to show the contents of those mailbox index/log
19       files, in human readable format. This  is  mainly  useful  for  Dovecot
20       developers when debugging some problem.
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OPTIONS

23       Global doveadm(1) options:
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25       -D     Enables verbosity and debug messages.
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27       -v     Enables verbosity, including progress counter.
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29       Command specific options:
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31       -t type
32              the  file  type of the file to be dumped.  If the type was omit‐
33              ted, doveadm(1) tries to detect the type of path.  type can be:
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35              index       ⇒ dovecot.index, dovecot.map.index
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37              log         ⇒ dovecot.index.log, dovecot.map.index.log
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39              mailboxlog  ⇒ dovecot.mailbox.log
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41              thread      ⇒ dovecot.index.thread
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ARGUMENTS

44       path   The path to the corresponding index  or  log  file.  If  only  a
45              directory  is  specified,  doveadm  tries to find and dump index
46              type file under it.
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EXAMPLE

49       Look at the contents of a mailbox's index:
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51       doveadm dump ~/Maildir/.work/
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REPORTING BUGS

54       Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing  List
55       <dovecot@dovecot.org>.   Information  about reporting bugs is available
56       at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
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