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. This is the string which was set through the nbdkit --name parameter. If the name was not set, this returns NULL.

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.

HISTORY

nbdkit_name was added in nbdkit 1.48.

SEE ALSO

nbdkit(1), nbdkit-plugin(3), nbdkit-filter(3).

AUTHORS

Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT

Copyright Red Hat

LICENSE

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