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8 ctl_cyrusdb - perform operations common to all Cyrus databases
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11 ctl_cyrusdb [ -C config-file ] -r [ -x ]
12 ctl_cyrusdb [ -C config-file ] -c
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15 Ctl_cyrusdb is used to perform various administrative operations on the
16 Cyrus databases.
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18 Ctl_cyrusdb reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5)
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23 -C config-file
24 Read configuration options from config-file.
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26 -r Recover the databases after an application or system failure.
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30 -x Used with -r to recover the database only. (Prevents database
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33 -c Checkpoint and archive the databases. Changes to the database
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35 Also, a hot backup of the databases is made and inactive log
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42 imapd.conf(5), cyrus-master(8)
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