Apple Mac OS X Server (version 10.2.3 or later) - Manual (Page 113)

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Field name Purpose
AlternateRecordNameIndex
(optional) An index that can be used as a second field to be searched as the
record name
CommentChar
(optional) A string that contains the hexadecimal ASCII code of a character to
be used to denote comment lines. This character must appear at
the beginning of any line that is to be interpreted as a comment.
Typically this character is # (hexadecimal 23).
FieldDelimiter A string that contains the hexadecimal ASCII code of a character to
be used to delimit each field within a record. Typically this character
is a colon (hexadecimal 3A).
FieldNamesAndPositions An array of dictionaries. Each dictionary is one field within the
record. Each dictionary contains the FieldName and its position
(zero based) within the record. The field names must be Mac OS X
directory services attributes such as
dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordName
FilePath The path to the BSD configuration file
NumberOfFields Specifies how many fields are in each record
PasswordArrayIndex
(optional) Specifies which field in each record contains the password
RecordDelimiter Specifies the hexadecimal ASCII codes of up to eight characters
used to delimit the end of a record. Typically this is the newline
character (hexadecimal 0A).
RecordNameIndex An index of the field to be used as the record name
RecordType The directory services record type of this record
ValueDelimiter
(optional) A string that contains the hexadecimal ASCII code of a character to
be used to delimit values within a multivalued field. Typically this is
a comma (hexadecimal 2C).
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