1 .TH EDB2LDIF 8C "12 November 1995" "U-M LDAP LDVERSION"
3 edb2ldif \- QUIPU EDB file to LDIF conversion tool
6 .B [\-d] [\-v] [\-r] [\-o] [\-b basedn]
7 .B [\-a addvalsfile] [\-f fileattrdir]
8 .B [\-i ignoreattr...] [edbfile...]
12 Data that is held in a QUIPU DSA (available as part of the ISODE package)
13 is stored in or can be easily converted to the EDB file format. The
15 tool is used to convert directory data from EDB file format to the
16 LDAP Directory Interchange Format (LDIF) used by
18 and associated utilities. The
20 program can be used to convert the resulting LDIF data into a database
21 that is compatible with
25 writes LDIF formatted data to standard output. If you specify a particular
27 (or files) to read data from, they are converted. If no
29 is specified, the files named
33 in the current directory are converted. An entire EDB hierarchy
34 can be converted using the
40 is invoked, it will also look for files named
43 where EDB files are found and append the contents of the
45 file to each entry in the corresponding EDB file.
46 Typically, this feature is used to include inherited
47 attribute values (e.g., objectClass) that do not appear in the EDB files.
49 See "The SLAPD and SLURPD Administrator's Guide" for more details on
52 including step-by-step conversion instructions.
56 Turn on some extra debugging which is written to standard error.
59 Enable verbose mode that writes status information to standard error, such
60 as which EDB file is being processed, how many entries have been
61 converted so far, etc.
64 Recurse through child directories, processing all EDB files found.
69 file definitions to override the global addfile (see the
74 Specify the Distinguished Name that all EDB file entries appear below.
77 The LDIF information contained in this file will be appended to each entry.
82 .BI \-f " fileattrdir"
83 Specify a single directory where all file-based attributes (typically sounds
84 and images) can be found. If this option is not given, file attributes are
85 assumed to be located in the same directory as the EDB file that refers to
89 Specify an attribute that should not be converted. You can include as many
90 \- i flags as necessary.
97 "The SLAPD and SLURPD Administrator's Guide"
99 Volume 5 of The ISODE Manual