EDB2LDIF(8C)                                         EDB2LDIF(8C)

NAME

       edb2ldif - QUIPU EDB file to LDIF conversion tool

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/edb2ldif  [-d]  [-v]  [-r]  [-o] [-b basedn] [-a
       addvalsfile] [-f  fileattrdir]  [-i  ignoreattr...]  [edb­
       file...]

DESCRIPTION

       Data that is held in a QUIPU DSA (available as part of the
       ISODE package) is stored in or can be easily converted  to
       the EDB file format.  The edb2ldif tool is used to convert
       directory data from EDB file format to the LDAP  Directory
       Interchange  Format (LDIF) used by slapd(8) and associated
       utilities.  The ldif2ldbm(8) program can be used  to  con­
       vert  the resulting LDIF data into a database that is com­
       patible with slapd(8).

       edb2ldif writes LDIF formatted data  to  standard  output.
       If  you  specify  a  particular edbfile (or files) to read
       data from, they are converted.  If no  edbfile  is  speci­
       fied,  the  files named EDB.root (if it exists) and EDB in
       the current directory are converted. An entire EDB hierar­
       chy can be converted using the -r option.

       When  edb2ldif  is  invoked,  it  will also look for files
       named .add in the directories where EDB  files  are  found
       and  append the contents of the .add file to each entry in
       the corresponding EDB file.  Typically,  this  feature  is
       used  to include inherited attribute values (e.g., object­
       Class) that do not appear in the EDB files.

       See "The SLAPD and SLURPD Administrator's Guide" for  more
       details  on using edb2ldif, including step-by-step conver­
       sion instructions.

OPTIONS

       -d     Turn on some extra debugging which  is  written  to
              standard error.

       -v     Enable  verbose mode that writes status information
              to standard error, such as which EDB file is  being
              processed,  how many entries have been converted so
              far, etc.

       -r     Recurse through child directories,  processing  all
              EDB files found.

       -o     Cause  local  .add file definitions to override the
              global addfile (see the -a option below)

       -b basedn
              Specify the Distinguished Name that  all  EDB  file
              entries appear below.



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       -a  addvalsfile
              The LDIF information contained in this file will be
              appended to each entry.  (See the -o option above.)

       -f fileattrdir
              Specify  a  single  directory  where all file-based
              attributes (typically sounds  and  images)  can  be
              found.    If   this   option  is  not  given,  file
              attributes are assumed to be located  in  the  same
              directory as the EDB file that refers to them.

       -i ignoreattr
              Specify  an attribute that should not be converted.
              You can include as many - i flags as necessary.

SEE ALSO

       ldap(3), ldif(5), slapd(8), ldif2ldbm(8)

       "The SLAPD and SLURPD Administrator's Guide"

       Volume 5 of The ISODE Manual

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       OpenLDAP is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP  Pro­
       ject (http://www.openldap.org/).  OpenLDAP is derived from
       University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.































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