nbdkit_name(3)

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version 1.48.1 · 4 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ nbdkit_name(3) ✨

okay bestie, this is a page from the nbdkit manual, and it's genuinely one of the shortest and sweetest ones in the whole set. it's about getting the name of your nbdkit instance. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

nbdkit_name — get the name of the nbdkit instance

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <nbdkit-plugin.h>

const char *nbdkit_name (void);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

nbdkit_name returns the name of the nbdkit instance. no cap. it's literally the string that was set through the nbdkit --name parameter. ✨

and if the name was not set? it returns NULL. that's it, that's the whole function. short king behavior fr fr. 👑

💅 RETURN VALUE 💅

the function returns a constant string, valid for the lifetime of the process, or NULL.

note that returning NULL is not an error. so if you get NULL, don't panic, bestie, it's just how it is. 💜

🌈 LANGUAGE BINDINGS 🌈

slay, it's available in other languages too, because we're inclusive like that 🫶

nbdkit-ocaml-plugin(3)

NBDKit.name : unit -> string option

nbdkit-python-plugin(3)

import nbdkit
name = nbdkit.name()

nbdkit-rust-plugin(3)

use nbdkit::*;
pub fn name() -> Option<String>

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

nbdkit_name was added in nbdkit 1.48. so if you're on something older… yeah, it's giving vintage, and not in the cute way. 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Richard W.M. Jones

Copyright Red Hat

🧚 LICENSE 🧚

okay this part is the legal bit and we do not paraphrase legal bits, so here it is exactly, bestie. no edits, no vibes, just facts. 📜

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  • Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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and that's the whole page, bestie! 💅✨ this one shipped as part of nbdkit-1.48.1, dated 2026-08-29 — so go forth, get your instance's name, and slay. 🎀🦋💖

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