Hi group, I figured out how to sort in descending order using ldapsearch. By default, it will always sort in ascending order. If I need to sort in descending then I need to add a "-" prefix before my attribute name. (e.g. -S -createtimestamp). In addition, I can only get the descending search work only if I specify the sorting to be done by the server by passing the "-x" flag. I still have the question about what is the best way to delete a hierarchy tree using command line utility provided by Fedora-DS package. My current plan is to do a ldapsearch with subtree scope and sort the createtimestamp attribute in descending order. Then take the output and run it with ldapdelete. Thanks! David On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Chun Tat David Chu < beyonddc.storage at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi group, > > I've a question about deleting the hierarchy tree using the Fedora DS > provided command line utilities (e.g. ldapdelete, ldapsearch, ldapmodify and > etc). > > Originally, I'm using the "ldapdelete" command from the openldapclient > package with the "-r" flag to do recursive delete on the hierarchy tree, but > I want to know if there's anyway I can achieve the same effect by using > command line utilities from the Fedora DS package. > > My original thought is to use ldapsearch, set it to return only the "dn" > attribute and sorted by "createtimestamp" attribute. Then use the returned > result and run the ldapdelete command. Assuming a child entry must have a > later "createtimestamp" then parent entry. However, the result returned > back from ldapsearch is in ascending order of the "createtimestamp" > attribute. > > Is there a way to tell the ldapsearch command to sort returned result in > descending order? or > Is there a more efficient way to delete a hierarchy tree through command > line? > > Thanks! > > David > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20080417/3d4f5c05/attachment.html
