Re: slapcat generate extra "space" characters in LDIF output

[Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr>]

On 09/08/2010 03:38 PM, Dieter Kluenter wrote:
> Frank Bonnet<f.bonnet@esiee.fr>  writes:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > I'm in trouble with slapcat when generating a LDIF file
> > it puts some extra "space" characters into some dn longer than 80
> > characters.
> >
> > is there a way to change the output format of slapcat command
> > to generate lines longer than 80 characters in the LDIF file ?
> >
> > I need this because I need to duplicate our directory server
> > to another TLD and I need to substitute
> >
> > dc=fr by dc=biz
> >
> > but sometime I get   this
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------dc=fr
> >
> > sometime I get this
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------dc=
> >   fr
>
> This is intended behaviour, because the LDIF specifications (RFC2849)
> require a max. line length of 76 characters, but allow line folding,
> that is continuation of a line longer than 76 chars.
>
> -Dieter
OK thank you dieter , but this is boring for my case ...