1 .TH SLAPCAT 8C "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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6 slapcat \- SLAPD database to LDIF utility
26 is used to generate an LDAP Directory Interchange Format
27 (LDIF) output based upon the contents of a
30 It opens the given database determined by the database number or
31 suffix and writes the corresponding LDIF to standard output or
33 Databases configured as
35 of this one are also output, unless \fB-g\fP is specified.
37 The entry records are presented in database order, not superior first
38 order. The entry records will include all (user and operational)
39 attributes stored in the database. The entry records will not include
40 dynamically generated attributes (such as subschemaSubentry).
42 The output of slapcat is intended to be used as input to
44 The output of slapcat cannot generally be used as input to
46 or other LDAP clients without first editing the output.
47 This editing would normally include reordering the records
48 into superior first order and removing no-user-modification
49 operational attributes.
53 Only dump entries matching the asserted filter.
57 "(!(entryDN:dnSubtreeMatch:=ou=People,dc=example,dc=com))"
59 will dump all but the "ou=People,dc=example,dc=com" subtree
60 of the "dc=example,dc=com" database.
63 Use the specified \fIsuffix\fR to determine which database to
64 generate output for. The \-b cannot be used in conjunction
70 Enable continue (ignore errors) mode.
73 Enable debugging messages as defined by the specified
80 Specify an alternative
85 specify a config directory.
90 are specified, the config file will be read and converted to
91 config directory format and written to the specified directory.
92 If neither option is specified, an attempt to read the
93 default config directory will be made before trying to use the default
94 config file. If a valid config directory exists then the
95 default config file is ignored.
98 disable subordinate gluing. Only the specified database will be
99 processed, and not its glued subordinates (if any).
102 Write LDIF to specified file instead of standard output.
105 Generate output for the \fIdbnum\fR\-th database listed in the
106 configuration file. The config database
107 .BR slapd-config (5),
108 is always the first database, so use
113 cannot be used in conjunction with the
117 .BI \-o " option[=value]"
122 Possible generic options/values are:
125 syslog=<subsystems> (see `\-s' in slapd(8))
126 syslog-level=<level> (see `\-S' in slapd(8))
127 syslog-user=<user> (see `\-l' in slapd(8))
131 .BI \-s " subtree-dn"
132 Only dump entries in the subtree specified by this DN.
133 Implies `-b subtree-dn' if no
142 For some backend types, your
144 should not be running (at least, not in read-write
145 mode) when you do this to ensure consistency of the database. It is
155 To make a text backup of your SLAPD database and put it in a file called
161 SBINDIR/slapcat -l ldif
171 "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)