1 .TH SLAPCAT 8C "2 October 2000" "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
31 As the entries are in database order, not superior first order,
32 they cannot be loaded with
34 without being reordered.
41 enable continue (ignore errors) mode.
44 enable debugging messages as defined by the specified
48 Use the specified \fIsuffix\fR to determine which database to
49 generate output for. The \-b cannot be used in conjunction
55 Generate output for the \fIdbnum\fR\-th database listed in the
56 configuration file. The
58 cannot be used in conjunction with the
63 specify an alternative
68 Write LDIF to specified file instead of standard output.
72 should not be running (at least, not in read-write
73 mode) when you do this to ensure consistency of the database.
75 To make a text backup of your SLAPD database and put it in a file called
81 SBINDIR/slapcat -l ldif
91 "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
94 is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
96 is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.