nbdkit-zero-plugin(1) NBDKIT nbdkit-zero-plugin(1) 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 size 0. This plugin is used to test corner cases in nbd- kit, the NBD protocol and NBD clients. If you want a read-only plugin with non-zero size containing zero bytes, use nbdkit-null-plugin(1). For a writable plugin that starts off initial- ized to zeroes (a RAM disk), use nbdkit-memory-plugin(1). 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-memory-plugin(1), nbdkit-null-plugin(1), nbdkit-ones-plugin(1), nbd- kit-pattern-plugin(1), nbdkit-random-plugin(1), nbdkit-sparse-random-plu- gin(1). AUTHORS Richard W.M. Jones COPYRIGHT Copyright Red Hat LICENSE Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modifi- cation, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright no- tice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the docu- mentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * Neither the name of Red Hat nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY RED HAT AND CONTRIBUTORS ''AS IS'' AND ANY EX- PRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DIS- CLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL RED HAT OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DI- RECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SER- VICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABIL- ITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAM- AGE. nbdkit-1.46.2 2026-08-30 nbdkit-zero-plugin(1)
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