<html> <head> <meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> </head> <body> <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> <a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br> <a href="#FILES">FILES</a><br> <a href="#/etc/imapd.conf">/etc/imapd.conf</a><br> <!-- Creator : groff version 1.15 --> <!-- CreationDate: Mon Feb 3 16:31:15 2003 --> <!-- Total number of pages: 1 --> <!-- Page: 1 --> <!-- left margin: 100 --> <!-- right margin: 750 --> <a name="NAME"></a><h2>NAME</h2><p><font size=3>reconstruct - reconstruct mailboxes</p> <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a><h2>SYNOPSIS</h2><p><font size=3><B>reconstruct</B> <font size=3>[ <font size=3><B>-C</B> <font size=3><I>config-file</I> <font size=3>] [ <font size=3><B>-r</B> <font size=3>] [ <font size=3><B>-f</B> <font size=3>] <font size=3><I>mailbox</I><font size=3>...<br> <B>reconstruct</B> <font size=3>[ <font size=3><B>-C</B> <font size=3><I>config-file</I> <font size=3>] <font size=3><B>-m</p> </B><a name="DESCRIPTION"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p><font size=3><I>Reconstruct</I> <font size=3>rebuilds one or more IMAP mailboxes. When invoked with the <font size=3><B>-m</B> <font size=3>switch, it rebuilds the master mailboxes file. It can be used to recover from almost any sort of data corruption.</p> <p><font size=3>If <font size=3><I>Reconstruct</I> <font size=3>can find existing header and index files, it attempts to preserve any data in them that is not derivable from the message files themselves. The state <font size=3><I>reconstruct</I> <font size=3>attempts to preserve includes the flag names, flag state, and internaldate. <font size=3><I>Reconstruct</I> <font size=3>derives all other information from the message files.</p> <p><font size=3><I>Reconstruct</I> <font size=3>reads its configuration options out of the <font size=3><I>imapd.conf</I><font size=3>(5) file unless specified otherwise by <font size=3><B>-C</B><font size=3>. Any mailbox directory underneath the path specified in the <font size=3><I>partition-news</I> <font size=3>configuration option is assumed to be in news format.</p> <p><font size=3><I>Reconstruct</I> <font size=3>does not adjust the quota usage recorded in any quota root files. After running <font size=3><I>reconstruct</I><font size=3>, it is advis- able to run <font size=3><I>quota</I><font size=3>(8) with the <font size=3><I>-f</I> <font size=3>switch in order to fix the quota root files.</p> <a name="OPTIONS"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2> <table width="100%" rules="none" frame="none" cols="3"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td valign="top" align="left" width="12.6154%"> <p><font size=3><B>-C</B> <font size=3><I>config-file</p> </I><p><font size=3><B>-r</p> </B></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="7.3846%"> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="80.0000%"> <p><font size=3>Read configuration options from <font size=3><I>config-file</I><font size=3>.</p> <p><font size=3>Recursively reconstruct all sub-mailboxes of the mailboxes or mailbox prefixes given as arguments.</p> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td valign="top" align="left" width="12.6154%"> <p><font size=3><B>-f</p> </B></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="7.3846%"> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="80.0000%"> <p><font size=3>Examine the filesystem underneath mailbox, adding all directories with a cyrus.header<br> found there as new mailboxes. Useful for restoring mailboxes from backups.</p> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td valign="top" align="left" width="12.6154%"> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="7.3846%"> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="80.0000%"> </td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=3><B>-m NOTE: CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE</p> </B> <table width="100%" rules="none" frame="none" cols="2"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td valign="top" align="left" width="20.0000%"> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="80.0000%"> <p><font size=3>Rebuild the <font size=3><I>mailboxes</I> <font size=3>file. Use whatever data in the existing <font size=3><I>mailboxes</I> <font size=3>file it can scav-<br> enge, then scans all partitions listed in the <font size=3><I>imapd.conf</I><font size=3>(5) file for additional mailboxes.</p> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <a name="FILES"></a><h2>FILES</h2><a name="/etc/imapd.conf"></a><h2>/etc/imapd.conf</h2></body> </html>
