ldapsearch -L | ldif2ldbm relyable?

["Karl O. Pinc" <kpinc@artic.edu>]

Is "ldapsearch -L" fed to ldif2ldbm always going to work?  ldif2ldbm is
going to require that the upper level of the hierarchy be in place before
the leaves can be added.  Will ldapsearch -L always produce output that
guarentees this?  If not, what's the right way to approach copying a
database out of ldap and back in?

(BTW, the subject is misleading.  I don't think ldif2ldbm will take data
from stdin.)

Thanks.

Karl

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