Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Configuration, Command, and File Reference

For information on the equivalent Perl script, see Section 4.1, “bak2db.pl (Restores a Database
from Backup)”. For more information on restoring databases, see the "Populating Directory
Databases" chapter in the Red Hat Directory Server Administrator's Guide. For more
information on using filesystem replica initialization, see the "Managing Replication" chapter in
the Red Hat Directory Server Administrator's Guide.
3.2. cl-dump (Dumps and Decodes the Changelog)
Troubleshoots replication-related problems. cl-dump is a shell script wrapper of cl-dump.pl to
set the appropriate library path.
Syntax.
cl-dump [ -h host ] [ -p port ] [ -D bindDn ] -w bindPassword | -P bindCert [ -r replicaRoots ]
[ -o outputFile ] [ -c ] [ -v ]
cl-dump -i changelogFile [ -o outputFile ] [ -c ]
Options.
Without the -i option, the script must be run when the Directory Server is running from a
location from which the server's changelog directory is accessible.
Option Description
-c Dumps and interprets CSN only. This option
can be used with or without the -i option.
-D bindDn Specifies the Directory Server's bind DN.
Defaults to cn=Directory Manager if the
option is omitted.
-h host Specifies the Directory Server's host. This
defaults to the server where the script is
running.
-i changelogFile Specifies the path to the changelog file. If
there is a changelog file and if certain
changes in that file are base-64 encoded, use
this option to decode that changelog.
-o outputFile Specifies the path, including the filename, for
the final result. Defaults to STDOUT if
omitted.
-p port Specifies the Directory Server's port. The
default value is 389.
-P bindCert Specifies the path, including the filename, to
the certificate database that contains the
certificate used for binding.
-r replicaRoots Specifies the replica-roots whose changelog
cl-dump (Dumps and Decodes the
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