1 .TH SLAPCAT 8C "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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6 slapcat \- SLAPD database to LDIF utility
23 is used to generate an LDAP Directory Interchange Format
24 (LDIF) output based upon the contents of a
27 It opens the given database determined by the database number or
28 suffix and writes the corresponding LDIF to standard output or
31 The LDIF generated by this tool is suitable for use with
33 As the entries are in database order, not superior first order,
34 they cannot be loaded with
36 without first being reordered.
43 Enable continue (ignore errors) mode.
46 Enable debugging messages as defined by the specified
50 Use the specified \fIsuffix\fR to determine which database to
51 generate output for. The \-b cannot be used in conjunction
57 Generate output for the \fIdbnum\fR\-th database listed in the
58 configuration file. The
60 cannot be used in conjunction with the
65 Only dump entries matching the asserted filter.
68 Only dump entries in the subtree specified by this DN.
69 Implies `-b subtree-dn' if no
76 Specify an alternative
81 Write LDIF to specified file instead of standard output.
85 should not be running (at least, not in read-write
86 mode) when you do this to ensure consistency of the database.
88 To make a text backup of your SLAPD database and put it in a file called
94 SBINDIR/slapcat -l ldif
104 "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
107 is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
109 is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.