NAME

       nbd_connect_unix - connect to NBD server over a Unix domain socket

SYNOPSIS

        #include <libnbd.h>

        int nbd_connect_unix (struct nbd_handle *h,
                              const char *unixsocket);

DESCRIPTION

       Connect (synchronously) over the named Unix domain socket ("unixsocket") to an NBD server
       running on the same machine.  This call returns when the connection has been made.

RETURN VALUE

       If the call is successful the function returns 0.

ERRORS

       On error "-1" is returned.

       Refer to "ERROR HANDLING" in libnbd(3) for how to get further details of the error.

HANDLE STATE

       The handle must be newly created, otherwise this call will return an error.

VERSION

       This function first appeared in libnbd 1.0.

       If you need to test if this function is available at compile time check if the following
       macro is defined:

        #define LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_CONNECT_UNIX 1

EXAMPLE

       This example is also available as examples/fetch-first-sector.c in the libnbd source code.

        /* This example shows how to connect to an NBD server
         * and fetch and print the first sector (usually the
         * boot sector or partition table or filesystem
         * superblock).
         *
         * You can test it with nbdkit like this:
         *
         * nbdkit -U - floppy . \
         *   --run './fetch-first-sector $unixsocket'
         *
         * The nbdkit floppy plugin creates an MBR disk so the
         * first sector is the partition table.
         */

        #include <stdio.h>
        #include <stdlib.h>

        #include <libnbd.h>

        int
        main (int argc, char *argv[])
        {
          struct nbd_handle *nbd;
          char buf[512];
          FILE *pp;

          if (argc != 2) {
            fprintf (stderr, "%s socket\n", argv[0]);
            exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
          }

          /* Create the libnbd handle. */
          nbd = nbd_create ();
          if (nbd == NULL) {
            fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", nbd_get_error ());
            exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
          }

          /* Connect to the NBD server over a
           * Unix domain socket.
           */
          if (nbd_connect_unix (nbd, argv[1]) == -1) {
            fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", nbd_get_error ());
            exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
          }

          /* Read the first sector synchronously. */
          if (nbd_pread (nbd, buf, sizeof buf, 0, 0) == -1) {
            fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", nbd_get_error ());
            exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
          }

          /* Close the libnbd handle. */
          nbd_close (nbd);

          /* Print the first sector. */
          pp = popen ("hexdump -C", "w");
          if (pp == NULL) {
            perror ("popen: hexdump");
            exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
          }
          fwrite (buf, sizeof buf, 1, pp);
          pclose (pp);

          exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
        }

SEE ALSO

       nbd_create(3), libnbd(3).

AUTHORS

       Eric Blake

       Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat Inc.

LICENSE

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
       without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
       See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
       library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth
       Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA