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1.3 KiB
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48 lines
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From 8788b177b342e9f713ed87864e8fed333c8252e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:45:09 +0100
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Subject: [PATCH] docs: Document how to probe for server command line options
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Virt-v2v has started to use this method to probe for the new --name
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option, so we should document the method.
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---
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docs/nbdkit-probing.pod | 15 +++++++++++++++
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1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/docs/nbdkit-probing.pod b/docs/nbdkit-probing.pod
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index 070a793b..8ce506e0 100644
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--- a/docs/nbdkit-probing.pod
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+++ b/docs/nbdkit-probing.pod
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@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ nbdkit-probing - how to probe for nbdkit configuration and plugins
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nbdkit --dump-config
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+=for paragraph
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+ nbdkit --short-options
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+ nbdkit --long-options
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=for paragraph
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nbdkit PLUGIN --dump-plugin
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@@ -76,6 +82,15 @@ earlier versions.
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You can also probe the minimum version using L<pkg-config(1)>. See
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L<nbdkit-plugin(3)/PKG-CONFIG/PKGCONF>.
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+=head2 Find out if nbdkit implements a command line option
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+To test if a specific single letter option (like I<-D>) or long option
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+(like I<--name>) is supported by nbdkit, use:
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+ nbdkit --short-options | grep -sq '^-D$'
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+ nbdkit --long-options | grep -sq '^--name$'
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=head2 Query information about a particular plugin
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nbdkit pluginname --dump-plugin
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--
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2.47.1
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