Intermittent problem reading from an input file.

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ldbmodify

LDBMODIFY(1)						    System Administration tools 					      LDBMODIFY(1)

NAME

       ldbmodify - Modify records in a LDB database

SYNOPSIS

       ldbmodify [-H LDB-URL] [ldif-file]

DESCRIPTION

       ldbmodify changes, adds and deletes records in a LDB database. The changes that should be made to the LDB database are read from the
       specified LDIF-file. If - is specified as the filename, input is read from stdin.

       For now, see ldapmodify(1) for details on the LDIF file format.

OPTIONS

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

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 1.1 of LDB.

SEE ALSO

       ldb(3), ldbedit

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/

LDB 1.1 							    06/17/2014							      LDBMODIFY(1)

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