1 .TH SLAPCAT 8C "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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6 slapcat \- SLAPD database to LDIF utility
25 is used to generate an LDAP Directory Interchange Format
26 (LDIF) output based upon the contents of a
29 It opens the given database determined by the database number or
30 suffix and writes the corresponding LDIF to standard output or
33 The LDIF generated by this tool is suitable for use with
35 As the entries are in database order, not superior first order,
36 they cannot be loaded with
38 without first being reordered.
45 Enable continue (ignore errors) mode.
49 .B syncConsumerSubentry
50 of the syncrepl consumer in the generated LDIF output.
54 .B syncProviderSubentry
55 of the syncrepl provider in the generated LDIF output.
58 Enable debugging messages as defined by the specified
62 Use the specified \fIsuffix\fR to determine which database to
63 generate output for. The \-b cannot be used in conjunction
69 Generate output for the \fIdbnum\fR\-th database listed in the
70 configuration file. The
72 cannot be used in conjunction with the
77 Only dump entries matching the asserted filter.
80 Only dump entries in the subtree specified by this DN.
81 Implies `-b subtree-dn' if no
88 Specify an alternative
93 Write LDIF to specified file instead of standard output.
97 should not be running (at least, not in read-write
98 mode) when you do this to ensure consistency of the database.
100 To make a text backup of your SLAPD database and put it in a file called
106 SBINDIR/slapcat -l ldif
116 "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
119 is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
121 is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.