match-path

Specifies a subtree in the directory that is used in matching the entry.

Description

When the <match-path> element is specified in a <placement-rule> element, the prefix attribute is compared to the src-dn attribute of the <add> element. The entry matches if the entry is in the subtree specified by the prefix. The name space of the prefix is the source of the add operation.

The format of the prefix is dependent upon the name space.

  • For eDirectory, the format is slash, for example, \treename\container\container. If the leading slash is omitted, the path is assumed to be relative to the tree root of the eDirectory server that is hosting DirXML.
  • For the external application, the format is application dependent and must be documented by the driver writer for the system administrator.

Definition

  <!ELEMENT match-path       EMPTY>
  <!ATTLIST match-path
            prefix           CDATA            #REQUIRED>

Attributes

prefix
Specifies the distinguished name of a subtree in the directory.

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