LDBMCAT (8)
LDBM to LDIF database format conversion utility
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/ldbmcat [-n] id2entry-file
DESCRIPTION
This program is used to convert a
slapd (8)
LDBM database to the text LDAP Directory Interchange Format (LDIF).
It opens the given
id2entry-file
and writes the corresponding LDIF output to standard output.
See "The SLAPD and SLURPD Administrator's Guide" for more details on
using this program.
OPTIONS
-n
This option specifies that
ldbmcat
should not print entry IDs when it dumps out the database. Note
that the printing of entry IDs is essential if you are going to
use the LDIF format produced as input to
ldif2index,
for example, to create a new index file for use with an existing
database.
EXAMPLES
To make a text backup of your LDBM database and put it in a file called
ldif ,
give the command:
tt
/usr/sbin/ldbmcat -n id2entry.dbb > ldif
To create a new index for the
mail
attribute, give these commands:
tt
/usr/sbin/ldbmcat id2entry.dbb > ldif
/usr/sbin/ldif2index -i ldif -f slapd-config-file mail
Note that your
slapd (8)
should not be running (at least, not in read-write
mode) when you do this to ensure consistency of the database.
SEE ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OpenLDAP
is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
OpenLDAP
is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
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