1 .TH SLAPCAT 8C "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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6 slapcat \- SLAPD database to LDIF utility
24 is used to generate an LDAP Directory Interchange Format
25 (LDIF) output based upon the contents of a
28 It opens the given database determined by the database number or
29 suffix and writes the corresponding LDIF to standard output or
32 The LDIF generated by this tool is suitable for use with
34 As the entries are in database order, not superior first order,
35 they cannot be loaded with
37 without first being reordered.
44 Enable continue (ignore errors) mode.
48 .B syncConsumerSubentry
49 of the syncrepl consumer in the generated LDIF output.
53 .B syncProviderSubentry
54 of the syncrepl provider in the generated LDIF output.
57 Enable debugging messages as defined by the specified
61 Use the specified \fIsuffix\fR to determine which database to
62 generate output for. The \-b cannot be used in conjunction
68 Generate output for the \fIdbnum\fR\-th database listed in the
69 configuration file. The
71 cannot be used in conjunction with the
76 Only dump entries in the subtree specified by this DN.
77 Implies `-b subtree-dn' if no
84 Specify an alternative
89 Write LDIF to specified file instead of standard output.
93 should not be running (at least, not in read-write
94 mode) when you do this to ensure consistency of the database.
96 To make a text backup of your SLAPD database and put it in a file called
102 SBINDIR/slapcat -l ldif
112 "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
115 is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
117 is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.