Joona, Do you mind to show me how to sort by DN length? and execute the ldapdelete? I looked at it a bit but I couldn't figure out. Thanks! David On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 6:41 AM, J. Hartman <joona.hartman at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've done subtree deletion sometimes by sorting based on DN length. Delete > longest DNs first and it's certain that they are the leafs. The whole thing > can be done in a one-liner. > > -Joona > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Chun Tat David Chu < > beyonddc.storage at gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > > > > > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20080418/b5d59d15/attachment.html
