NAME¶

nbd_connect_unix - connect to NBD server over a Unix domain socket

SYNOPSIS¶

 #include <libnbd.h>
 int nbd_connect_unix (struct nbd_handle *h,
                       const char *unixsocket);

DESCRIPTION¶

Connect (synchronously) over the named Unix domain socket ("unixsocket") to an NBD server running on the same machine. This call returns when the connection has been made.

RETURN VALUE¶

If the call is successful the function returns 0.

ERRORS¶

On error "-1" is returned.

Refer to "ERROR HANDLING" in libnbd(3) for how to get further details of the error.

HANDLE STATE¶

The handle must be newly created, otherwise this call will return an error.

VERSION¶

This function first appeared in libnbd 1.0.

If you need to test if this function is available at compile time check if the following macro is defined:

 #define LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_CONNECT_UNIX 1

EXAMPLE¶

This example is also available as examples/fetch-first-sector.c in the libnbd source code.

 /* This example shows how to connect to an NBD server
  * and fetch and print the first sector (usually the
  * boot sector or partition table or filesystem
  * superblock).
  *
  * You can test it with nbdkit like this:
  *
  * nbdkit -U - floppy . \
  *   --run './fetch-first-sector $unixsocket'
  *
  * The nbdkit floppy plugin creates an MBR disk so the
  * first sector is the partition table.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include <libnbd.h>
 
 int
 main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   struct nbd_handle *nbd;
   char buf[512];
   FILE *pp;
 
   if (argc != 2) {
     fprintf (stderr, "%s socket\n", argv[0]);
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 
   /* Create the libnbd handle. */
   nbd = nbd_create ();
   if (nbd == NULL) {
     fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", nbd_get_error ());
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 
   /* Connect to the NBD server over a
    * Unix domain socket.
    */
   if (nbd_connect_unix (nbd, argv[1]) == -1) {
     fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", nbd_get_error ());
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 
   /* Read the first sector synchronously. */
   if (nbd_pread (nbd, buf, sizeof buf, 0, 0) == -1) {
     fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", nbd_get_error ());
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 
   /* Close the libnbd handle. */
   nbd_close (nbd);
 
   /* Print the first sector. */
   pp = popen ("hexdump -C", "w");
   if (pp == NULL) {
     perror ("popen: hexdump");
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
   fwrite (buf, sizeof buf, 1, pp);
   pclose (pp);
 
   exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }

SEE ALSO¶

nbd_create(3), libnbd(3).

AUTHORS¶

Eric Blake

Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Red Hat Inc.

LICENSE¶

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA