---
name: "mdirs"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mblaze"
version: "1.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mdirs"
---

# mdirs(1)

list maildir folders, recursively

## NAME

**mdirs** – list maildir folders, recursively

## SYNOPSIS

**mdirs** \[**-0a**\] *dirs ...*

## DESCRIPTION

**mdirs** recursively scans the given *dirs* for maildir (and maildir++) folders and prints them, separated by newlines.

To **mdirs**, a maildir folder is a directory containing the directories *cur* and *new*. By the maildir++ convention, nested maildir folder names must begin with ‘.’. (This can be disabled using **-a**).

The options are as follows:

- **-0**

  Print folders separated by a NUL character.

- **-a**

  Traverse into all subfolders, without considering the maildir++ name conventions.

## EXIT STATUS

The **mdirs** utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs.

## SEE ALSO

[find(1)](/find/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Leah Neukirchen ⟨*leah@vuxu.org*⟩

## LICENSE

**mdirs** is in the public domain.

To the extent possible under law, the creator of this work has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.

**http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/**