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Commonly Used Command-Line Shell Scripts (Continued)
Table 8-1
Command-Line
Script
monitor
restart-slapd
restoreconfig
saveconfig
start-slapd
stop-slapd
suffix2instance
vlvindex
Table 8-2 Commonly Used Command-Line Perl Scripts
Command-Line Perl
Script
bak2db.pl
db2bak.pl
db2index.pl
db2ldif.pl
ldif2db.pl
Description
Retrieves performance monitoring information
using the ldapsearch command-line utility.
Restarts Directory Server.
Restores by default the most recently saved
Administration Server configuration to
NetscapeRoot partition.
Saves Administration Server configuration stored
in the NetscapeRoot partition to the
serverRoot/slapd-serverID/confbak directory.
Starts Directory Server.
Stops Directory Server.
Maps a suffix to a backend name.
Creates and generates virtual list view (VLV)
indexes.
Description
Restores the database from the most recent archived
backup.
Creates a backup of the current database contents.
Creates and regenerates indexes.
Exports the contents of the database to LDIF.
Imports LDIF files to database.
Runs the ns-slapd command-line utility with the
ldif2db keyword. By default, the script first saves
and then merges any existing configuration tree
(o=NetscapeRoot), with any files to be
imported.
Command-Line Scripts Quick Reference
Location
serverRoot/slapd-serverID
serverRoot/slapd-serverID
serverRoot/slapd-serverID
serverRoot/slapd-serverID
serverRoot/slapd-serverID
serverRoot/slapd-serverID
serverRoot/slapd-serverID
serverRoot/slapd-serverID
Location
serverRoot/slapd-serverID
serverRoot/slapd-serverID
serverRoot/slapd-serverID
serverRoot/slapd-serverID
serverRoot/slapd-serverID
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