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)).

FILES

       $plugindir/nbdkit-example3-plugin.so
           The plugin.

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

VERSION

       "nbdkit-example3-plugin" first appeared in nbdkit 1.0.

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHORS

       Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat Inc.

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