syncrepl style client library functions

[Lee Jensen <lee_jensen@sento.com>]

Hello,

I am currently using syncrepl to replicate to a slave ldap server. I am
impressed with the refresh and persist functionality and would like to
write a client application that performs certain actions when ldap
updates are made. Ideally this client would not poll the server but
could use a refresh and persist style search to recieve notification
when updates are made from the master.

A couple questions,

1) Is this possible?

2) Are there any known client libraries specifically for scripting
languages (PHP,Perl,Python) A c library is also acceptable but requires
more work.

2) If I can use this kind of functionality from a scripting language and
a library is available how can I implement functionality like syncrepl
such that if the script dies it can reconnect and get changes made since
the script died as well as persist in recieving future updates. Also if
the LDAP server dies can I keep the client alive and poll the server
till it comes back up. Are these native library calls or do they need to
be implemented in some other way. (I realize this is many questions in
one, sorry)

Thanks for your help,

Lee