The tools.properties file
The tools.properties
file simplifies command-line invocations by reading in a set of arguments for each tool from a text file. Each property consists of a name/value pair for a tool’s arguments.
Two types of properties files are supported:
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Default properties files that can be applied to all command-line utilities.
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Tool-specific properties file that can be specified using the
--propertiesFilePath
option.
All of the server’s command-line utilities can be overwritten using the |
Create a properties file with a text editor or using the standard Java properties file format (name=value). For example, create a simple properties file that defines a set of LDAP connection parameters as follows:
hostname=server1.example.com port=1389 bindDN=cn=Directory\ Manager bindPassword=secret
Specify the location of the file using the --propertiesFilePath
option. For example, specify the path to the properties file with ldapsearch
as follows:
$ bin/ldapsearch --propertiesFilePath bin/mytools.properties "(objectclass=*)"
Properties files do not allow quotation marks around values. Any spaces or special characters should be removed. |