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6 nbdkit-limit-filter - limit number of clients that can connect
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10 nbdkit --filter=limit PLUGIN [limit=N]
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13 "nbdkit-limit-filter" is an nbdkit filter that limits the number of
14 clients which can connect concurrently. If more than "limit=N"
15 (default: 1) clients try to connect at the same time then later clients
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19 limit=N
20 Limit the number of concurrent clients to "N". This parameter is
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22 also set this to 0 to make the number of clients unlimited (ie.
23 disable the filter).
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26 $filterdir/nbdkit-limit-filter.so
27 The filter.
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29 Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $filterdir.
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32 "nbdkit-limit-filter" first appeared in nbdkit 1.20.
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35 nbdkit(1), nbdkit-exitlast-filter(1), nbdkit-exitwhen-filter(1),
36 nbdkit-ip-filter(1), nbdkit-noparallel-filter(1),
37 nbdkit-rate-filter(1), nbdkit-filter(3), nbdkit-plugin(3).
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40 Richard W.M. Jones
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