Gavin, A key to good documentation is "don't assume anything". If you have to ask the question, then it is best to include it in the docos.
>Howard Chu wrote: > Gavin Henry wrote: >> Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote: >>> Howard Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Use slaptest instead. >>> Oh, right, I missed that one. Perhaps this is the missing piece in the >>> docs? It's not obvious how to explain it, though. I'm not sure the >>> sentence below is satisfying. >>> >>> -F slapd-config-directory >>> Specifies the slapd configuration directory. The >>> default is /usr/pkg/share/examples/openldap/slapd.d. If >>> both -f and -F are specified, the config file will be read >>> and converted to config directory format and written >>> to the specified directory before slapd starts regular >>> operations. slaptest(8) can also be used to just perform >>> the conversion. >> >> in slapd(8) in HEAD, the last sentence does say: > >> "All of the slap tools that use the config options observe this same >> behavior." > > Not just in HEAD. That text has been there since May/June 2005, 2.3 onward. > > >OK. Well, there's no excuse for people missing it then. A bit of thought >would lead them to slaptest. Or do we have to actually say slaptest. > >-- >Kind Regards, > >Gavin Henry. >Managing Director. > >T +44 (0) 1224 279484 >M +44 (0) 7930 323266 >F +44 (0) 1224 824887 >E [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Open Source. Open Solutions(tm). > >http://www.suretecsystems.com/ Regards, David Damon Senior Systems Integration Analyst Office: (714) 442-7562 FAX: (714) 442-2845