nbdkit-example2-plugin(1) NBDKIT nbdkit-example2-plugin(1) NAME nbdkit-example2-plugin - example nbdkit plugin SYNOPSIS nbdkit example2 file=FILENAME DESCRIPTION "nbdkit-example2-plugin" is an example nbdkit(1) plugin. It serves the named "FILENAME" over NBD, readonly. Mainly this is useful for testing nbdkit and as an example for writing nbd- kit plugins (nbdkit-plugin(3)). There are two variations of this plugin which can be found in the source directory. example2.c is the regular plugin for Linux and other Unix-like systems. winexample2.c is the same plugin written for Windows using Win32 APIs to access the file. DEBUG FLAGS For extra debugging (only useful for developers) use -D example2.extra=1 FILES $plugindir/nbdkit-example2-plugin.so The plugin. Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $plugindir. VERSION "nbdkit-example2-plugin" first appeared in nbdkit 1.0. SEE ALSO https://gitlab.com/nbdkit/nbdkit/blob/master/plugins/example2/example2.c, https://gitlab.com/nbdkit/nbdkit/blob/master/plugins/example2/winexam- ple2.c, nbdkit(1), nbdkit-plugin(3) 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-example2-plugin(1)
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