NIDUMP(8)

NAME
nidump - extract text or flat-file-format data from NetInfo

SYNOPSIS
nidump [ -t ] { -r directory | format } domain

DESCRIPTION
nidump reads the specified NetInfo domain and dumps a portion of its contents to standard output. When a flat-file administration file format is specified, nidump provides output using the syntax of the corresponding flat file. The allowed values for format are aliases, bootparams, bootptab, exports, fstab, group, hosts, networks, passwd, printcap, protocols, rpc, and services.

If the -r option is used, the first argument is interpreted as a NetInfo directory path, and its contents are dumped in a generic NetInfo format.

OPTIONS

-t  Interpret the domain as a tagged domain. For example, “trotter/network” refers to the database tagged “network” on the machine “trotter”. The machine name can be an actual name or an IP address.

-r  Dump the specified directory in “raw” format. Directories are delimited by curly braces, and properties within a directory are listed in the form “property = value;”. Parentheses introduce a comma-separated list of items. The special property name CHILDREN is used to hold a directory's children, if any are present. Spacing and line breaks are significant only within double quotes, which may be used to protect any names that might contain metacharacters.

EXAMPLES

“nidump passwd .” dumps a password file from the local NetInfo domain.

“nidump -r /locations /” dumps the /locations directory of the root domain.

“nidump -t -r /name=users/uid=530 trotter/network” dumps the directory for the user whose UID is 530.

SEE ALSO
niload(8), niutil(8), netinfo(5), aliases(5), bootparams(5), bootptab(5), exports(5), fstab(5), group(5), hosts(5), networks(5), passwd(5), printcap(5), protocols(5), rpc(5), services(5)