Import Section

The Import section provides the method for translating a line in an input file into an LDAP directory entry. This section must contain a LINE keyword that defines how a line in the input file can be decomposed into elements that can be described by LDAP attributes. It must also contain the list of LDAP attributes that are created from a line in the input file.

The Import section contains the following subsections:

• Extract: Contains the LINE definition with the notation described in "Extract".

• Condense: Contains variable definitions that can be used in the Build subsection to generate LDAP attributes and attribute values.

• Build: Provides a list of LDAP attributes, including the object class, and defines the rules for constructing the value of each LDAP attribute from the variables in the Condense section or from the parameters in the Extract section

In the nis.mapping file, the LINE definition in the Extract subsection specifies the rules for analyzing a line in an NIS source file into smaller units of information called NIS tokens.