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

[J. Hartman]

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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