CYR_BUILDINFO(8)

💖 CYR_BUILDINFO(8) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the cyr_buildinfo page — it's a Cyrus IMAP joint and honestly? iconic. it's a Cyrus build-configuration inspection tool, and it's here to spill all the tea about how your Cyrus release got compiled. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

cyr_buildinfo — Cyrus IMAP documentation, babes.

Cyrus build-configuration inspection tool. yep, that's the whole job description and it ate. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

cyr_buildinfo [ -C config-file ] [format]

look at her. so simple. so powerful. so main character. 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so cyr_buildinfo is the tool you run when you wanna snoop on the build configuration of a Cyrus release. the whole point? handing you those compilation settings while you're at runtime and while you're testing. it's giving "receipts for your build flags" and honestly we're obsessed. 💖

also, cyr_buildinfo reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file — unless you go and tell it otherwise with -C. lowkey straightforward, highkey useful. ✨

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -C config-file — bestie. listen. this option is ignored. like, fully ignored, no cap. it's only here and accepted so that things stay compatible with the other Cyrus tools. so don't stress about what you pass it, because it is not reading it. 🙈
• format — okay so this one's the fun one. you give it one of the following:
  • pretty — prints the build configuration in indented JSON format. ✨ this is the default, so if you don't pass anything, this is what you get. slay.
  • dense — prints the build configuration in dense JSON format. compact. efficient. no wasted whitespace. it's giving "minimalist queen".
  • flat — prints the build configuration as flattened properties. ⚠️ heads up though: the print order here is non-deterministic, so don't come for me when the lines show up in a different order every time. that's just the vibe. 🌀

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

The Cyrus Team. 💜

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

1993–2026, The Cyrus Team.

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that's the whole page bestie!! now go inspect that build config and live your truth 💅🦋✨

Cyrus IMAP documentation, version 3.12.3, dated Jul 15, 2026 — mwah, kisses, go slay 💖🎀🌸