1 .TH SLAPCAT 8C "17 August 1999" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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6 slapcat \- SLAPD database to LDIF utility
21 is used to generate an LDAP Directory Interchange Format
22 (LDIF) output based upon the contents of a
25 It opens the given database determined by the database number or
26 suffix and writes the corresponding LDIF to standard output or
29 The LDIF generated by this tool is suitable for use with
39 enable continue (ignore errors) mode.
42 enable debugging messages as defined by the specified
46 Use the specified \fIsuffix\fR to determine which database to
47 generate output for. The \-b cannot be used in conjunction
53 Generate output for the \fIdbnum\fR\-th database listed in the
54 configuration file. The
56 cannot be used in conjunction with the
61 specify an alternative
66 Write LDIF to specified file instead of standard output.
70 should not be running (at least, not in read-write
71 mode) when you do this to ensure consistency of the database.
73 To make a text backup of your SLAPD database and put it in a file called
79 SBINDIR/slapcat -l ldif
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92 is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.