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
30 Subordinate databases glued with
34 The LDIF generated by this tool is suitable for use with
36 As the entries are in database order, not superior first order,
37 they cannot be loaded with
39 without first being reordered.
46 Enable continue (ignore errors) mode.
49 Enable debugging messages as defined by the specified
53 Use the specified \fIsuffix\fR to determine which database to
54 generate output for. The \-b cannot be used in conjunction
60 Generate output for the \fIdbnum\fR\-th database listed in the
61 configuration file. The
63 cannot be used in conjunction with the
68 Only dump entries matching the asserted filter.
72 "(!(entryDN:dnSubtreeMatch:=ou=People,dc=example,dc=com))"
74 will dump all but the "ou=People,dc=example,dc=com" subtree
75 of the "dc=example,dc=com" database.
78 Only dump entries in the subtree specified by this DN.
79 Implies `-b subtree-dn' if no
86 Specify an alternative
91 Write LDIF to specified file instead of standard output.
95 should not be running (at least, not in read-write
96 mode) when you do this to ensure consistency of the database.
98 To make a text backup of your SLAPD database and put it in a file called
104 SBINDIR/slapcat -l ldif
114 "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
117 is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
119 is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.