--- name: "watch_maildirs" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "watch-maildirs" version: "1.2.0-2.2+b1" release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/watch_maildirs" --- # watch\_maildirs(1) watch for and display Maildir/Maildir++ changes ## NAME watch\_maildirs - watch for and display Maildir/Maildir++ changes ## SYNOPSIS **watch\_maildirs** \[*options* ...\] ## DESCRIPTION **watch\_maildirs** is a command line application which watches a given Maildir and displays change notifications. The Maildir may contain sub-mailboxes (Maildir++). Once **watch\_maildirs** is watching, a newline is printed. Then, for each change the mailbox's name and a newline are printed. ## OPTIONS - **-m** dir, **--maildir=**dir Override the setting of the $MAILDIR environment variable (or if $MAILDIR is not defined, ~/Maildir) with *dir*. - **-V**, **--version** Display version information. - **-?**, **--help** Display a summary of command line options. ## EXIT CODES 1 upon error\ 2 upon folder creation, deletion, and rename that requires a **watch\_maildirs** restart ## SEE ALSO [**mswatch**(1)](/mswatch/1.md), [**inputkill**(1)](/inputkill/1.md), [**maildir**(5)](/maildir/5.md) **watch\_maildirs** is part of [**mswatch**(1)](/mswatch/1.md); mswatch website: http://mswatch.sf.net/ ## AUTHOR Written by Chris Frost \.