man-ldifmodify.xml revision 51607ea01068c9047391e4c8b46bc9dbd0edb7fd
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
! CCPL HEADER START
!
! This work is licensed under the Creative Commons
! Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
! To view a copy of this license, visit
! or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street,
! Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA.
!
! You can also obtain a copy of the license at
! See the License for the specific language governing permissions
! and limitations under the License.
!
! If applicable, add the following below this CCPL HEADER, with the fields
! enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information:
! Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
!
! CCPL HEADER END
!
! Copyright 2011-2012 ForgeRock AS
!
-->
<refentry xml:id='ldifmodify-1'
xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'
version='5.0' xml:lang='en'
xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'
xsi:schemaLocation='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook http://docbook.org/xml/5.0/xsd/docbook.xsd'
xmlns:xlink='http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink'
xmlns:xinclude='http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude'>
<info><copyright><year>2011-2012</year><holder>ForgeRock AS</holder></copyright></info>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>ldifmodify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="software">OpenDJ</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="version"><?eval ${docTargetVersion}?></refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>ldifmodify</refname>
<refpurpose>apply LDIF changes to LDIF</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>ldifmodify</command>
<arg choice="req">options</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>This utility can be used to apply a set of modify, add, and delete
operations against data in an LDIF file.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>The following options are supported.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-m, --changesLDIF {ldifFile}</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>LDIF file containing the changes to apply.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-s, --sourceLDIF {ldifFile}</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>LDIF file containing the data to be updated.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-t, --targetLDIF {ldifFile}</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>File to which the updated data should be written.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-V, --version</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Display version information.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-?, -H, --help</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Display usage information.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit Codes</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>0</term>
<listitem>
<para>The command completed successfully.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>> 0</term>
<listitem>
<para>An error occurred.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>The following example demonstrates use of the command.</para>
dn: uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
uid: newuser
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: top
cn: New User
sn: User
ou: People
mail: newuser@example.com
userPassword: changeme
dn: uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
add: userPassword
userPassword: secret12
-
delete: userPassword
userPassword: changeme
-
add: description
description: A new description.
$ cat neweruser.ldif
dn: uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: person
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: top
uid: newuser
description: A new description.
cn: New User
sn: User
userPassword: secret12
mail: newuser@example.com
ou: People
</screen>
</refsect1>
</refentry>