---
name: "cyrus-ctl_deliver"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "cyrus-common"
version: "3.10.2-1+deb13u2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cyrus-ctl_deliver"
---

# cyrus-ctl\_deliver(8)

Cyrus IMAP documentation Perform operations on the duplicate delivery database

## NAME

ctl\_deliver - Cyrus IMAP documentation

Perform operations on the duplicate delivery database

## SYNOPSIS

```
ctl_deliver [ -C config-file ] -d [ -f filename ]
```

## DESCRIPTION

**ctl\_deliver** *is used to perform various administrative operations on* *the duplicate delivery database.*

**ctl\_deliver** *reads its configuration options out of the [imapd.conf(5)](/imapd.conf/5.md) file unless specified otherwise by* **-C***.* *The configdirectory option in [imapd.conf(5)](/imapd.conf/5.md) is used to determine the default location of the delivery database.*

## OPTIONS

- **-C config-file**

  *Use the specified configuration file config-file rather than the default [imapd.conf(5)](/imapd.conf/5.md).*

- **-d, --dump**

  *Dump the contents of the database to standard output in a portable* *flat-text format.*

- **-f filename, --filename=filename**

  *Use the database specified by filename instead of the default* *(configdirectory/***deliver.db***).*

## EXAMPLES

```
ctl_deliver -d
```

**Dump** *configdirectory***/deliver.db to STDOUT**

```
ctl_deliver -d -f /tmp/deliverdb.txt
```

*Dump configdirectory/***deliver.db** *to /tmp/deliverdb.txt.*

## SEE ALSO

*[imapd.conf(5)](/imapd.conf/5.md), [master(8)](/master/8.md)*

## FILES

*/etc/imapd.conf,* *\<configdirectory\>/deliver.db*

## AUTHOR

*The Cyrus Team, Nic Bernstein (Onlight), Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems)*

## COPYRIGHT

*1993–2025, The Cyrus Team*