+.SH CHANGE RECORDS
+LDIF change records are used to represent directory change requests.
+Each change record starts with line indicating the distinguished
+name of the entry being changed:
+.LP
+.nf
+ dn: <distinguishedname>
+.fi
+.LP
+.nf
+ changetype: <[modify|add|delete|modrdn]>
+.fi
+.LP
+Finally, the change information itself is given, the format of which
+depends on what kind of change was specified above. For a \fIchangetype\fP
+of \fImodify\fP, the format is one or more of the following:
+.LP
+.nf
+ add: <attributetype>
+ <attrdesc>: <value1>
+ <attrdesc>: <value2>
+ ...
+ \-
+.fi
+.LP
+Or, for a replace modification:
+.LP
+.nf
+ replace: <attributetype>
+ <attrdesc>: <value1>
+ <attrdesc>: <value2>
+ ...
+ \-
+.fi
+.LP
+If no \fIattributetype\fP lines are given to replace,
+the entire attribute is to be deleted (if present).
+.LP
+Or, for a delete modification:
+.LP
+.nf
+ delete: <attributetype>
+ <attrdesc>: <value1>
+ <attrdesc>: <value2>
+ ...
+ \-
+.fi
+.LP
+If no \fIattributetype\fP lines are given to delete,
+the entire attribute is to be deleted.
+.LP
+For a \fIchangetype\fP of \fIadd\fP, the format is:
+.LP
+.nf
+ <attrdesc1>: <value1>
+ <attrdesc1>: <value2>
+ ...
+ <attrdescN>: <value1>
+ <attrdescN>: <value2>
+.fi
+.LP
+For a \fIchangetype\fP of \fImodrdn\fP or \fImoddn\fP,
+the format is:
+.LP
+.nf
+ newrdn: <newrdn>
+ deleteoldrdn: 0 | 1
+ newsuperior: <DN>
+.fi
+.LP
+where a value of 1 for deleteoldrdn means to delete the values
+forming the old rdn from the entry, and a value of 0 means to
+leave the values as non-distinguished attributes in the entry.
+The newsuperior line is optional and, if present, specifies the
+new superior to move the entry to.
+.LP
+For a \fIchangetype\fP of \fIdelete\fP, no additional information
+is needed in the record.
+.LP
+Note that attribute values may be presented using base64 or in
+files as described for entry records. Lines in change records
+may be continued in the manner described for entry records as
+well.
+.SH CHANGE RECORD EXAMPLE
+The following sample LDIF file contains a change record
+of each type of change.
+.LP
+.nf
+ dn: cn=Babs Jensen,dc=example,dc=com
+ changetype: add
+ objectclass: person
+ objectclass: extensibleObject
+ cn: babs
+ cn: babs jensen
+ sn: jensen
+
+ dn: cn=Babs Jensen,dc=example,dc=com
+ changetype: modify
+ add: givenName
+ givenName: Barbara
+ givenName: babs
+ \-
+ replace: description
+ description: the fabulous babs
+ \-
+ delete: sn
+ sn: jensen
+ \-
+
+ dn: cn=Babs Jensen,dc=example,dc=com
+ changetype: modrdn
+ newrdn: cn=Barbara J Jensen
+ deleteoldrdn: 0
+ newsuperior: ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
+
+ dn: cn=Barbara J Jensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
+ changetype: delete
+.fi
+
+.SH INCLUDE STATEMENT
+The LDIF parser has been extended to support an
+.B include
+statement for referencing other LDIF files. The
+.B include
+statement must be separated from other records by a blank line.
+The referenced file is specified using a file: URI and all of its
+contents are incorporated as if they were part of the original
+LDIF file. As above, other URI schemes may be supported. For example:
+.LP
+.nf
+ dn: dc=example,dc=com
+ objectclass: domain
+ dc: example
+
+ include: file:///tmp/example.com.ldif
+
+ dn: dc=example,dc=org
+ objectclass: domain
+ dc: example
+.fi
+This feature is not part of the LDIF specification in RFC 2849 but
+is expected to appear in a future revision of this spec. It is supported
+by the
+.BR ldapadd (1),
+.BR ldapmodify (1),
+and
+.BR slapadd (8)
+commands.
+
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