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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script runs good manually but failing via crontab Post 302899410 by kapil514 on Monday 28th of April 2014 10:38:40 PM
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rbatte1 thanks for your suggestion its useful for a learner like me.
 

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ldbrename

LDBRENAME(1)							  [FIXME: manual]						      LDBRENAME(1)

NAME

       ldbrename - Edit LDB databases using your favorite editor

SYNOPSIS

       ldbrename [-h] [-o options] {olddn} {newdb}

DESCRIPTION

       ldbrename is a utility that allows you to rename trees in an LDB database based by DN. This utility takes two arguments: the original DN
       name of the top element and the DN to change it to.

OPTIONS

       -h
	   Show list of available options.

       -H <ldb-url>
	   LDB URL to connect to. See ldb(3) for details.

       -o options
	   Extra ldb options, such as modules.

ENVIRONMENT

       LDB_URL
	   LDB URL to connect to (can be overrided by using the -H command-line option.)

VERSION

       This man page is correct for version 4.0 of the Samba suite.

SEE ALSO

       ldb(3), ldbmodify, ldbdel, ldif(5)

AUTHOR

       ldb was written by Andrew Tridgell[1].

       If you wish to report a problem or make a suggestion then please see the http://ldb.samba.org/ web site for current contact and maintainer
       information.

       This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij.

NOTES

	1. Andrew Tridgell
	   http://samba.org/~tridge/

[FIXME: source] 						    04/19/2012							      LDBRENAME(1)
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