NAME

       nbdkit-split-plugin - nbdkit plugin to concatenate split files into one disk

SYNOPSIS

        nbdkit split [file=]file1 [[file=]file2 [file=]file3 ...]

DESCRIPTION

       "nbdkit-split-plugin" is a file plugin for nbdkit(1).  One or more filenames may be given
       using the "FILENAME" parameter.  These files are logically concatenated into a single disk
       image.

       If you want to add a virtual partition table, see nbdkit-partitioning-plugin(1).

   Differences from nbdkit-file-plugin
       Normally to serve a single file you should use nbdkit-file-plugin(1).  This plugin differs
       from nbdkit-file-plugin as follows:

       ·   nbdkit-file-plugin is faster and more efficient.  It has a fully parallel
           implementation, and does not have to deal with the complexity of locating the correct
           file to serve or splitting requests across files.

       ·   nbdkit-file-plugin allows you to resize the underlying file dynamically.  The
           underlying files must not be resized when using the split plugin.

       ·   nbdkit-file-plugin can handle block devices, but the split plugin can only handle
           plain files.

       ·   nbdkit-file-plugin handles writes of blocks of zeroes efficiently, but the split
           plugin cannot.

       ·   nbdkit-file-plugin can "punch holes" in the backing file in response to a trim request
           from the client, but the split plugin does not support this.

PARAMETERS

       [file=]FILENAME
           One or more files to open.  They are logically concatenated in the order they appear
           on the command line.

           This parameter must appear at least once.

           "file=" is a magic config key and may be omitted in most cases.  See "Magic
           parameters" in nbdkit(1).

FILES

       $plugindir/nbdkit-split-plugin.so
           The plugin.

           Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $plugindir.

VERSION

       "nbdkit-split-plugin" first appeared in nbdkit 1.2.

SEE ALSO

       nbdkit(1), nbdkit-plugin(3), nbdkit-file-plugin(1), nbdkit-partitioning-plugin(1).

AUTHORS

       Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat Inc.

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