Chapter 8 Command-Line Scripts; Finding And Executing Command-Line Scripts - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 Configuration Manual

This chapter provides information on the scripts you can use to manage your
directory, for example, backing up and restoring your database. Scripts are a
shortcut way of executing the
in Appendix A, "Using the ns-slapd and slapd.exe Command-Line Utilities."
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Finding and Executing Command-Line Scripts (page 237)
• Command-Line Scripts Quick Reference (page 238)
• Shell and Batch Scripts (page 241)
• Perl Scripts (page 254)

Finding and Executing Command-Line Scripts

By default all scripts are stored in the following directory:
serverRoot/slapd-serverID
Be sure to refer to "Command-Line Scripts Quick Reference," on page 238 for the
exact location of each script.
When scripts request either a directory name or a file name, always provide the
absolute path. The scripts assume that you want to use the
this directory:
serverRoot/slapd-serverID/config
Command-Line Scripts
interface commands that are documented
ns-slapd
Chapter 8
file located in
dse.ldif
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