ldif(5)

     LDIF(5)                  OpenLDAP 2.1.12                  LDIF(5)

     NAME
          ldif - LDAP Data Interchange Format

     DESCRIPTION
          The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) is used to represent
          LDAP entries in text form. LDAP tools, such as ldapadd(1)
          and ldapsearch(1), read and write LDIF.

          The basic form of an LDIF entry is:

               dn: <distinguished name>
               <attrdesc>: <attrvalue>
               <attrdesc>: <attrvalue>
               <attrdesc>:: <base64-encoded-value>
               <attrdesc>:< LDIF(5)                  OpenLDAP 2.1.12                  LDIF(5)

     EXAMPLE
          Here is an example of an LDIF file containing three entries.

               dn: cn=Barbara J Jensen,dc=example,dc=com
               cn: Barbara J Jensen
               cn: Babs Jensen
               objectclass: person
               description:< file://tmp/babs
               sn: Jensen

               dn: cn=Bjorn J Jensen,dc=example,dc=com
               cn: Bjorn J Jensen
               cn: Bjorn Jensen
               objectclass: person
               sn: Jensen

               dn: cn=Jennifer J Jensen,dc=example,dc=com
               cn: Jennifer J Jensen
               cn: Jennifer Jensen
               objectclass: person
               sn: Jensen
               jpegPhoto:: /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAAAAAQABAAD/2wBDABALD
                A4MChAODQ4SERATGCgaGBYWGDEjJR0oOjM9PDkzODdASFxOQ
                ERXRTc4UG1RV19iZ2hnPk1xeXBkeFxlZ2P/2wBDARESEhgVG
               ...

          Notice that the description in Barbara Jensen's entry is
          read from file://tmp/babs and the jpegPhoto in Jennifer
          Jensen's entry is encoded using base 64.

     SEE ALSO
          ldap(3), ldapsearch(1), ldapadd(1).

          "LDAP Data Interchange Format," Good, G., RFC 2849.

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

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