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NIDUMP(8)							     NIDUMP(8)

NAME
       nidump - extract text or UNIX-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 UNIX administration file format is
       specified, nidump provides output using the syntax of the corresponding
       UNIX 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)

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