1 .TH EDB2LDIF 8C "22 September 1998" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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6 edb2ldif \- QUIPU EDB file to LDIF conversion tool
9 .B [\-d] [\-v] [\-r] [\-o] [\-b basedn]
10 .B [\-a addvalsfile] [\-f fileattrdir]
11 .B [\-i ignoreattr...] [edbfile...]
15 Data that is held in a QUIPU DSA (available as part of the ISODE package)
16 is stored in or can be easily converted to the EDB file format. The
18 tool is used to convert directory data from EDB file format to the
19 LDAP Directory Interchange Format (LDIF) used by
21 and associated utilities. The
23 program can be used to convert the resulting LDIF data into a database
24 that is compatible with
28 writes LDIF formatted data to standard output. If you specify a particular
30 (or files) to read data from, they are converted. If no
32 is specified, the files named
36 in the current directory are converted. An entire EDB hierarchy
37 can be converted using the
43 is invoked, it will also look for files named
46 where EDB files are found and append the contents of the
48 file to each entry in the corresponding EDB file.
49 Typically, this feature is used to include inherited
50 attribute values (e.g., objectClass) that do not appear in the EDB files.
52 See "The SLAPD and SLURPD Administrator's Guide" for more details on
55 including step-by-step conversion instructions.
59 Turn on some extra debugging which is written to standard error.
62 Enable verbose mode that writes status information to standard error, such
63 as which EDB file is being processed, how many entries have been
64 converted so far, etc.
67 Recurse through child directories, processing all EDB files found.
72 file definitions to override the global addfile (see the
77 Specify the Distinguished Name that all EDB file entries appear below.
80 The LDIF information contained in this file will be appended to each entry.
85 .BI \-f " fileattrdir"
86 Specify a single directory where all file-based attributes (typically sounds
87 and images) can be found. If this option is not given, file attributes are
88 assumed to be located in the same directory as the EDB file that refers to
92 Specify an attribute that should not be converted. You can include as many
93 \- i flags as necessary.
100 "The SLAPD and SLURPD Administrator's Guide"
102 Volume 5 of The ISODE Manual
105 is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
107 is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.