nbdkit-full-plugin(1)

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version 1.48.1 · 14 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ nbdkit-full-plugin — the manual page, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, so this is nbdkit-full-plugin, a page from the NBDKIT manual (section 1, if you're keeping track 📚). she's a plugin. she's full. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

nbdkit-full-plugin — the nbdkit plugin that is, and I cannot stress this enough, always full. no cap. 🈵

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

nbdkit full [size=]SIZE

that's it. that's the whole invocation. short king behavior. 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so "nbdkit-full-plugin" is a plugin for nbdkit(1). here's the tea ☕:

  • reads from this virtual disk? they return zeroes. just zeroes. nothing but zeroes, bestie. 🫧
  • all writes and similar operations like zero and trim? they fail with ENOSPC (No space left on device) error. every single time. no exceptions. periodt. 💀

in other words (iykyk), this behaves like a sparse (thin-provisioned) virtual disk which has run out of space on the host. she's the "sorry babe, the disk is full" simulator. iconic, honestly. 😭

🌈 Equivalent nbdkit-error-filter command 🌈

so even though this is a standalone plugin, it is equivalent to using nbdkit-error-filter(1):

nbdkit --filter=error null SIZE \
                      error-pwrite=ENOSPC error-pwrite-rate=100% \
                      error-trim=ENOSPC error-trim-rate=100% \
                      error-zero=ENOSPC error-zero-rate=100%

and lowkey? nbdkit-error-filter can be more flexible — because you can place it on top of other plugins, and you can control when to inject errors. so like, she's the customizable version of this whole situation. slay. ✨

✨ PARAMETERS ✨

  • [size=]SIZE — specify the virtual size of the disk image. 💾
    • this parameter is required. you cannot skip her, bestie, she is not optional. 🚨
    • the size= prefix may be omitted in most cases. see "Magic parameters" in nbdkit(1). 🪄

💖 FILES 💖

  • $plugindir/nbdkit-full-plugin.so — the plugin. she's a .so file, she lives in $plugindir, she's doing her best. 🫶
    • use nbdkit --dump-config to find the location of $plugindir. 🔍

👑 VERSION 👑

"nbdkit-full-plugin" first appeared in nbdkit 1.10. a legend was born. ⭐

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

go read these too, they're all part of the friend group 💞:

nbdkit(1), nbdkit-plugin(3), nbdkit-error-filter(1), nbdkit-null-plugin(1), nbdkit-ones-plugin(1), nbdkit-pattern-plugin(1), nbdkit-random-plugin(1). nbdkit-readonly-filter(1), nbdkit-sparse-random-plugin(1), nbdkit-zero-plugin(1).

🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

Richard W.M. Jones 💖

Copyright Red Hat

🌸 LICENSE 🌸

redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

  • redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 📜
  • redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 📄
  • neither the name of Red Hat nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 🚫
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY RED HAT AND CONTRIBUTORS ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL RED HAT OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 this was nbdkit-1.48.1, dated 2026-08-29, and yes she's still serving nbdkit-full-plugin(1) energy. go forth and be full. 💅✨🎀

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