

Command-Line Arguments
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 * -F Start dovecot as foreground process (otherwise: start as daemon) 
 * -p Ask for private SSL key password 
 * -a Dump configuration and exit 
 * -n Dump all non-default configuration items and exit 
 * -c <config-file> Use <config-file> as path to the configuration instead of /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf 
 * --version Print version and exit 
 * --build-options Print build options and exit 
 * --exec-mail <protocol> [<section>] Start protocol from section 


Synopsis
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---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
dovecot [-F] [-c <config-file>] [-p] [--exec-mail <protocol> [<section>]]
dovecot -a
dovecot -n
dovecot --version
dovecot --build-options
---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------

 


Caveat
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If --exec-mail is used, it must be the last argument on the command line, as <section> is an optional parameter, otherwise if no section is given but another parameter follows, this parameter is used as section. 
(This file was created from the wiki on 2007-12-11 04:42)
