NIDUMP(8)                                               NIDUMP(8)



NAME
       nidump  -  extract text or flat-file-format data from Net-
       Info

SYNOPSIS
       nidump [ -t ] { -r directory | format } domain

DESCRIPTION
       nidump reads the specified NetInfo domain and dumps a por-
       tion of its contents 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, protocols, rpc, and services.

       If the -r option is used, the  first  argument  is  inter-
       preted  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 exam-
              ple,   "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 chil-
              dren, 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),   boot-
       params(5),  bootptab(5),  exports(5),  fstab(5), group(5),
       hosts(5),  networks(5),  passwd(5),  printcap(5),   proto-
       cols(5), rpc(5), services(5)





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