Perform differencing of two LDIF files.

Syntax

pmdf dirsync -differences auth-ldif-file-spec old-ldif-file-spec delta-ldif-file-spec

Command Qualifiers	Defaults
-debug	-nodebug
-exclude =attribute-list	See text
-include =attribute-list	See text
-name =directory-name	See text

Parameters

auth-ldif-file-spec

The specification of the authoritative LDIF file to read as input.

old-ldif-file-spec

The specification of the old LDIF file to read as input.

delta-ldif-file-spec

The specification of the delta LDIF file to generate as output.

Description

The pmdf dirsync -differences command performs differencing of two LDIF files and generates a delta LDIF file of the differences.

Command Qualifiers

-debug

-nodebug (default)

The option enables debugging.

-exclude= comma-separated-list-of-attributes

This option can be used to specify attributes to ignore when doing the differencing. By default, if neither -exclude nor -include is specified, all attributes are compared.

-include= comma-separated-list-of-attributes

This option can be used to specify attributes to compare when doing the differencing. By default, if neither -exclude nor -include is specified, all attributes are compared.

-name= directory-name

This option can be used to specify the name of the directory being compared, thereby allowing proper treatment of entries with an ignore_for attribute.