.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Dovecot authors, see the included COPYING file .TH DOVEADM\-DUMP 1 "2010-06-22" "Dovecot v2.0" "Dovecot" .SH NAME doveadm\-dump \- Dump the content of Dovecot\(aqs binary mailbox index/log .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH SYNOPSIS .BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " dump " [" \-t .IR type "] " path .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH DESCRIPTION Dovecot uses several binary index and log files in order to improve performance for accessing mails. For some mailbox formats, such as sdbox and mdbox, the index files are part of the format itself. For details about index files, see also: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/IndexFiles .PP .B doveadm dump is used to show the contents of those mailbox index/log files, in human readable format. This is mainly useful for Dovecot developers when debugging some problem. .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ @INCLUDE:global-options@ .\" --- command specific options --- "/. .PP Command specific .IR options : .TP .BI \-t\ type the file type of the file to be dumped. If the .I type was omitted, .BR doveadm (1) tries to detect the type of .IR path . .I type can be: .RS .TP 12 .B index \(rA dovecot.index, dovecot.map.index .TP .B log \(rA dovecot.index.log, dovecot.map.index.log .TP .B mailboxlog \(rA dovecot.mailbox.log .TP .B thread \(rA dovecot.index.thread .RE .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH ARGUMENTS .TP .I path The path to the corresponding index or log file. If only a directory is specified, doveadm tries to find and dump .B index type file under it. .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH EXAMPLE Look at the contents of a mailbox\(aqs index: .PP .nf .B doveadm dump ~/Maildir/.work/ .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ @INCLUDE:reporting-bugs@ .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH SEE ALSO .BR doveadm (1)