Chapter 7. Command-Line Scripts280For information on the equivalent Perl script, see Section 7.4.2, “cl-dump.pl (Dumps and Decodes theChangelog)”.7.3.3. db2bak (Creates a Backup of a Database)Creates a backup of the current database contents. This script can be executed while the server is stillrunning.Syntaxdb2bak [ backupDirectory ]For information on the equivalent Perl script, see Section 7.4.3, “db2bak.pl (Creates a Backup of aDatabase)”.7.3.4. db2ldif (Exports Database Contents to LDIF)Exports the contents of the database to LDIF. This script can be executed while the server is stillrunning, except with the -r option. To export the replication state information, shut down the serverfirst, then run db2ldif with -r.For information on the equivalent Perl script, see Section 7.4.5, “db2ldif.pl (Exports Database Contentsto LDIF)”.For the shell scripts, the script runs the ns-slapd command-line utility with the db2ldif keyword.Ellipses (...) indicate that multiple occurrences are allowed.Syntaxdb2ldif [[ -n backendInstance ] | [ -s includeSuffix ]] [ [ -x excludeSuffix ] ] [ -r ] [ -C ] [ -u ][ -U ] [ -m ] [ M ] [ -a outputFile ] [ -1 ] [ -N ] [ -E ]OptionsEither the -n or the -s option must be specified. By default, the output LDIF will be stored in one file.To specify the use of several files, use the option -M.Option Description-1 Deletes, for reasons of backward compatibility,the first line of the LDIF file which gives theversion of the LDIF standard.-a outputFile Gives the name of the output LDIF file.-C Uses only the main database file.-E Decrypts encrypted data during export. Thisoption is used only if database encryption isenabled.-m Sets minimal base-64 encoding.
