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NAME
       nbdkit-zero-plugin - nbdkit zero length plugin


SYNOPSIS
        nbdkit zero


DESCRIPTION
       "nbdkit-zero-plugin" is a zero length plugin for nbdkit(1).  It presents a virtual device of length zero
       bytes.

       This plugin is mainly good for testing corner cases in nbdkit, the NBD protocol and NBD clients.


FILES
       $plugindir/nbdkit-zero-plugin.so
           The plugin.

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


VERSION
       "nbdkit-zero-plugin" first appeared in nbdkit 1.4.


SEE ALSO
       nbdkit(1), nbdkit-plugin(3), nbdkit-data-plugin(1), nbdkit-full-plugin(1), nbdkit-null-plugin(1),
       nbdkit-pattern-plugin(1), nbdkit-random-plugin(1).


AUTHORS
       Richard W.M. Jones


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat Inc.


LICENSE
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