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NIDUMP(8)		     System Manager's Manual		       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 con-
     tents 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, proto-
     cols, 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/net-
	    work"  refers to the database tagged "network" on the machine "trot-
	    ter".  The machine name can be an actual name or an IP address.

     -r     Dump the specified directory in "raw" format.  Directories	are  de-
	    limited  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 hosts ." dumps a hosts 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),  print-
     cap(5), protocols(5), rpc(5), services(5)

Apple Computer, Inc.		December 22, 1992		       NIDUMP(8)

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