1nbdsh(1)                            LIBNBD                            nbdsh(1)
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NAME

6       nbdsh - network block device (NBD) shell
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SYNOPSIS

9        $ nbdsh
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11        Welcome to nbdsh, the shell for interacting with
12        Network Block Device (NBD) servers.
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14        The ‘nbd’ module has already been imported and there
15        is an open NBD handle called ‘h’.
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17        nbd> h.connect_command (["nbdkit", "-s", "memory", "1G"])
18        nbd> h.get_size ()
19        1073741824
20        nbd> buf = b"hello, world"
21        nbd> h.pwrite (buf, 0, 0)
22        nbd> exit()
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DESCRIPTION

25       nbdsh is a Python-based client shell for accessing Network Block Device
26       (NBD) servers.
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28       For documentation about the libnbd API please open the shell and type:
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30        help (nbd)
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OPTIONS

33       -h
34       --help
35           Display brief command line help and exit.
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37       -V
38       --version
39           Display the package name and version and exit.
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SEE ALSO

42       libnbd(3), libnbd-api(3), qemu-img(1).
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AUTHORS

45       Richard W.M. Jones
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48       Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat Inc.
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LICENSE

51       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
52       under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
53       by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
54       (at your option) any later version.
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56       This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
57       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
58       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
59       Lesser General Public License for more details.
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61       You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
62       License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
63       Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
64       02110-1301 USA
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68libnbd-0.1.4                      2019-06-09                          nbdsh(1)
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