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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# vmail-stack
+# https://git.stack-source.com/msb/vmail-stack
+# MIT License Copyright (c) 2021 Matthew Saunders Brown
+
+# load include file
+source $(dirname $0)/vmail.sh
+
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "$thisfilename"
+  echo "Return default vmail database info."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename [-c] [-h]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h          Print this help."
+  echo "  -c          Output in cvs format."
+  echo
+  echo "              Returns defaults configured in the vm_domains table schema."
+  exit
+}
+
+vmail:getoptions "$@"
+
+dbcmd="mysql --defaults-extra-file=$MYSQL_CONNECTION_INFO_FILE"
+dbcmdopts="-s -N -e"
+
+# get "status" default
+dbquery="SELECT COLUMN_DEFAULT FROM information_schema.columns WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'vmail' AND TABLE_NAME = 'vm_domains' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'status'"
+status=`eval $dbcmd $dbcmdopts "\"$dbquery\"" $cvs`
+
+# get "mbox_limit" default
+dbquery="SELECT COLUMN_DEFAULT FROM information_schema.columns WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'vmail' AND TABLE_NAME = 'vm_domains' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'mbox_limit'"
+mbox_limit=`eval $dbcmd $dbcmdopts "\"$dbquery\"" $cvs`
+
+# get "mbox_quota_default" default
+dbquery="SELECT COLUMN_DEFAULT FROM information_schema.columns WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'vmail' AND TABLE_NAME = 'vm_domains' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'mbox_quota_default'"
+mbox_quota_default=`eval $dbcmd $dbcmdopts "\"$dbquery\"" $cvs`
+
+# get "mbox_ratelimit_default" default
+dbquery="SELECT COLUMN_DEFAULT FROM information_schema.columns WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'vmail' AND TABLE_NAME = 'vm_domains' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'mbox_ratelimit_default'"
+mbox_ratelimit_default=`eval $dbcmd $dbcmdopts "\"$dbquery\"" $cvs`
+
+# create newline var
+NL=$'\n'
+output="status mbox_limit mbox_quota_default mbox_ratelimit_default${NL}$status $mbox_limit $mbox_quota_default $mbox_ratelimit_default"
+
+if [[ $cvs ]]; then
+  echo "$output" | tr " " ","
+else
+  echo "$output" | column -t
+fi