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:
- Default properties files that can be applied to all command-line utilities.
-
Tool-specific properties file that can be specified using the
--propertiesFilePathoption.
Note:
All of the server's command-line utilities can be overwritten using the
config/tools.properties file.
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--propertiesFilePath option. For
example, specify the path to the properties file with ldapsearch as
follows:$ bin/ldapsearch --propertiesFilePath bin/mytools.properties "(objectclass=*)"Note:
Properties files do not allow quotation marks around values. Any spaces or special characters should be removed.