.B [\-v]
.B [\-d level]
.B [\-f slapd.conf]
+.B [\-F confdir]
.B [\-D authcDN | \-U authcID]
.B \-b DN
.B [\-u]
.BR slapd.conf (5)
file.
.TP
+.BI \-F " confdir"
+specify a config directory.
+If both
+.B -f
+and
+.B -F
+are specified, the config file will be read and converted to
+config directory format and written to the specified directory.
+If neither option is specified, an attempt to read the
+default config directory wll be made before trying to use the default
+config file. If a valid config directory exists then the
+default config file is ignored.
+.TP
.BI \-D " authcDN"
specify a DN to be used as identity through the test session
when selecting appropriate
.B [\-b suffix]
.B [\-n dbnum]
.B [\-f slapd.conf]
+.B [\-F confdir]
.B [\-l ldif-file]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.BR slapd.conf (5)
file.
.TP
+.BI \-F " confdir"
+specify a config directory.
+If both
+.B -f
+and
+.B -F
+are specified, the config file will be read and converted to
+config directory format and written to the specified directory.
+If neither option is specified, an attempt to read the
+default config directory wll be made before trying to use the default
+config file. If a valid config directory exists then the
+default config file is ignored. If dryrun mode is also specified,
+no conversion will occur.
+.TP
.BI \-l " ldif-file"
Read LDIF from the specified file instead of standard input.
.SH LIMITATIONS
.B [\-v]
.B [\-d level]
.B [\-f slapd.conf]
+.B [\-F confdir]
.B [\-M mech]
.B [\-R realm]
.B [\-U authcID]
.BR slapd.conf (5)
file.
.TP
+.BI \-F " confdir"
+specify a config directory.
+If both
+.B -f
+and
+.B -F
+are specified, the config file will be read and converted to
+config directory format and written to the specified directory.
+If neither option is specified, an attempt to read the
+default config directory wll be made before trying to use the default
+config file. If a valid config directory exists then the
+default config file is ignored.
+.TP
.BI \-M " mech"
specify a mechanism.
.TP
.B [\-a filter]
.B [\-s subtree-dn]
.B [\-f slapd.conf]
+.B [\-F confdir]
.B [\-l ldif-file]
.B
.LP
.BR slapd.conf (5)
file.
.TP
+.BI \-F " confdir"
+specify a config directory.
+If both
+.B -f
+and
+.B -F
+are specified, the config file will be read and converted to
+config directory format and written to the specified directory.
+If neither option is specified, an attempt to read the
+default config directory wll be made before trying to use the default
+config file. If a valid config directory exists then the
+default config file is ignored.
+.TP
.BI \-l " ldif-file"
Write LDIF to specified file instead of standard output.
.SH LIMITATIONS
.BR slapd.conf (5)
file.
.TP
+.BI \-F " confdir"
+specify a config directory.
+If both
+.B -f
+and
+.B -F
+are specified, the config file will be read and converted to
+config directory format and written to the specified directory.
+If neither option is specified, an attempt to read the
+default config directory wll be made before trying to use the default
+config file. If a valid config directory exists then the
+default config file is ignored.
+.TP
.BI \-N
only output a normalized form of the DN, suitable to be used
in a normalization tool; incompatible with
.B [\-b suffix]
.B [\-n dbnum]
.B [\-f slapd.conf]
+.B [\-F confdir]
.B
.LP
.SH DESCRIPTION
specify an alternative
.BR slapd.conf (5)
file.
+.TP
+.BI \-F " confdir"
+specify a config directory.
+If both
+.B -f
+and
+.B -F
+are specified, the config file will be read and converted to
+config directory format and written to the specified directory.
+If neither option is specified, an attempt to read the
+default config directory wll be made before trying to use the default
+config file. If a valid config directory exists then the
+default config file is ignored.
.SH LIMITATIONS
Your
.BR slapd (8)
default config directory before trying to use the default
config file. If a valid config directory exists then the
default config file is ignored. If dryrun mode is also specified,
-no conversion will occur. All of the slap tools that
-use the config options observe this same behavior.
+no conversion will occur.
.TP
.B \-u
enable dryrun mode (i.e. don't fail if databases cannot be opened,