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ldbm files

Andrew Kornuta writes:
 > What are the meanings of the various database files that are created?  
 > They include:
 > -rw-r--r--   1 root     system         2 Mar 29 11:17 NEXTID
 > -rw-------   1 root     system      2048 Mar 29 10:32 dn.dbb
 > -rw-------   1 root     system      2048 Mar 29 11:17 dn2id.dbb
 > -rw-------   1 root     system      2048 Mar 29 11:17 id2children.dbb
 > -rw-------   1 root     system     14336 Mar 29 11:17 id2entry.dbb
 > -rw-------   1 root     system      2048 Mar 29 10:32 objectclass.dbb
 > -rw-------   1 root     system      4096 Mar 29 10:32 rtn.dbb

most of these files are described in the UMich SLAPD and SLURPD Admin
Guide. here's a reference to it in the OpenLDAP Faq-o-Matic:

http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?_highlightWords=umich%20guide&file=106

briefly, id2entry.dbb contains the entries, the other files contain
indices, the NEXTID file is a process ID.

Bill Anderson
Xerox Research & Technology