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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EXAMPLES

33   Print the size of an NBD export
34       The -u option connects to an NBD URI.  The -c option lets you execute
35       single Python statements from the command line.  Combining these two
36       options lets you print the size in bytes of an NBD export:
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38        $ nbdsh -u nbd://localhost -c 'print (h.get_size ())'
39        1073741824
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41   Hexdump the boot sector of an NBD export
42       Using -c - you can feed a whole Python program to the standard input of
43       nbdsh:
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45        nbdsh -c - <<'EOF'
46        from subprocess import *
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48        h.connect_uri ("nbd://localhost")
49        bootsect = h.pread (512, 0)
50        p = Popen ("hexdump -C", shell=True, stdin=PIPE)
51        p.stdin.write (bootsect)
52        EOF
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OPTIONS

55       -h
56       --help
57           Display brief command line help and exit.
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59       --base-allocation
60           Request the use of the "base:allocation" meta context, which is the
61           most common context used with nbd_block_status(3).  This is
62           equivalent to calling
63           "h.set_meta_context (nbd.CONTEXT_BASE_ALLOCATION)" in the shell
64           prior to connecting.
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66       -c 'COMMAND ...'
67       --command 'COMMAND ...'
68           Instead of starting an interactive shell, run a command.  This
69           option can be specified multiple times in order to run multiple
70           commands.
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72       -c -
73       --command -
74           Read standard input and execute it as a command.
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76       -u URI
77       -uri URI
78       --connect URI
79           Connect to the given NBD URI.  This is equivalent to the
80           "h.connect_uri (URI)" command in the shell.
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82       -V
83       --version
84           Display the package name and version and exit.
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SEE ALSO

87       libnbd(3), libnbd-security(3), nbdfuse(1), qemu-img(1).
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AUTHORS

90       Richard W.M. Jones
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93       Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat Inc.
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LICENSE

96       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
97       under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
98       by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
99       (at your option) any later version.
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101       This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
102       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
103       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
104       Lesser General Public License for more details.
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106       You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
107       License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
108       Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
109       02110-1301 USA
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113libnbd-1.3.7                      2020-04-23                          nbdsh(1)
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