NAME

nbdkit-example3-plugin - example nbdkit plugin

SYNOPSIS

 nbdkit example3 [size=SIZE]

EXAMPLE

 nbdkit example3 size=1G
 guestfish --ro --format=raw -a nbd://localhost

DESCRIPTION

"nbdkit-example3-plugin" is an example nbdkit(1) plugin.

On each connection, it generates a temporary writable block device of size "SIZE". The disk is thrown away when the client disconnects.

The "size=SIZE" parameter can use a number of common formats to specify the size, eg. "100M", "2G". If the parameter is omitted, it defaults to 100M.

Mainly this is useful for testing nbdkit and as an example for writing nbdkit plugins (nbdkit-plugin(3)).

SEE ALSO

https://github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit/blob/master/plugins/example3/example3.c, nbdkit(1), nbdkit-plugin(3)

AUTHORS

Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat Inc.

LICENSE

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