[Fedora-directory-users] Question on hierarchy tree deletion

[Chun Tat David Chu]

Great!  I'll try that out.

Thanks,

David

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:04 AM, J. Hartman <joona.hartman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I can't remember how exactly I did it, but I recall I used awk and sort in
> between to count the line length (awk) and do numeric sort on the resulting
> line.
>
> Something like this:
>
> $ ldapsearch -b BASEDN "objectclass=*" | awk '/dn:/ {l=length($0);
> sub(/dn:/,""); print l $0}' | sort -n | cut ... | ldapdelete ...
>
> Gets a bit nasty but something like that should work.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Chun Tat David Chu <
> beyonddc.storage at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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