Joona,
Do you mind to show me how to sort by DN length? and execute the ldapdelete?
I looked at it a bit but I couldn't figure out.
Thanks!
David
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 6:41 AM, J. Hartman <joona.hartman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I've done subtree deletion sometimes by sorting based on DN length. Delete
longest DNs first and it's certain that they are the leafs. The whole thing
can be done in a one-liner.
-Joona
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Chun Tat David Chu <
beyonddc.storage(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi group,
>
> I figured out how to sort in descending order using ldapsearch.
>
> By default, it will always sort in ascending order. If I need to sort
> in descending then I need to add a "-" prefix before my attribute name.
> (e.g. -S -createtimestamp).
>
> In addition, I can only get the descending search work only if I specify
> the sorting to be done by the server by passing the "-x" flag.
>
> I still have the question about what is the best way to delete a
> hierarchy tree using command line utility provided by Fedora-DS package.
>
> My current plan is to do a ldapsearch with subtree scope and sort the
> createtimestamp attribute in descending order. Then take the output and run
> it with ldapdelete.
>
> Thanks!
>
> David
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Chun Tat David Chu <
> beyonddc.storage(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi group,
> >
> > I've a question about deleting the hierarchy tree using the Fedora DS
> > provided command line utilities (e.g. ldapdelete, ldapsearch, ldapmodify and
> > etc).
> >
> > Originally, I'm using the "ldapdelete" command from the
openldapclient
> > package with the "-r" flag to do recursive delete on the hierarchy
tree, but
> > I want to know if there's anyway I can achieve the same effect by using
> > command line utilities from the Fedora DS package.
> >
> > My original thought is to use ldapsearch, set it to return only the
> > "dn" attribute and sorted by "createtimestamp" attribute.
Then use the
> > returned result and run the ldapdelete command. Assuming a child entry must
> > have a later "createtimestamp" then parent entry. However, the
result
> > returned back from ldapsearch is in ascending order of the
"createtimestamp"
> > attribute.
> >
> > Is there a way to tell the ldapsearch command to sort returned result
> > in descending order? or
> > Is there a more efficient way to delete a hierarchy tree through
> > command line?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > David
> >
>
>
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