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This describes the major changes since 1.6. .PP nbdkit 1.8.0 was released on 12th November 2018. .SS "New features" .IX Subsection "New features" .IP "\(bu" 4 New plugin: \fBnbdkit\-sh\-plugin\fR\|(1) for running shell scripts and other external programs. See: https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/write\-nbdkit\-plugins\-in\-shell\-script/ .IP "\(bu" 4 New plugin: \fBnbdkit\-partitioning\-plugin\fR\|(1) which creates a partitioned disk from a list of partitions in files. .IP "\(bu" 4 New plugin: \fBnbdkit\-iso\-plugin\fR\|(1) which creates an \s-1ISO\s0 (CD-ROM) image on the fly from a directory of files. See: https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/new\-in\-nbdkit\-create\-an\-iso\-image\-on\-the\-fly/ .IP "\(bu" 4 New plugin: \fBnbdkit\-floppy\-plugin\fR\|(1) which creates a virtual FAT-formatted floppy disk from a directory of files. https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/new\-in\-nbdkit\-create\-a\-virtual\-floppy\-disk/ .IP "\(bu" 4 Magic config key allows simpler invocation of many plugins, eg: .Sp .Vb 1 \& nbdkit file file=foo .Ve .Sp becomes: .Sp .Vb 1 \& nbdkit file foo .Ve .IP "\(bu" 4 \&\fBnbdkit\-data\-plugin\fR\|(1): Add \fIdisk2data.pl\fR script to generate data parameters. .IP "\(bu" 4 \&\fBnbdkit\-data\-plugin\fR\|(1) Use \f(CW\*(C` 128 \s-1GPT\s0 partitions. .IP "\(bu" 4 nbdkit can be compiled on the Haiku operating system (François Revol). .IP "\(bu" 4 New \f(CW\*(C`nbdkit_parse_bool\*(C'\fR \s-1API\s0 for parsing boolean parameters (Eric Blake). .IP "\(bu" 4 \&\fBnbdkit\-log\-filter\fR\|(1): Add \f(CW\*(C`logappend=[true|false]\*(C'\fR (Eric Blake). .IP "\(bu" 4 \&\fBnbdkit\-ocaml\-plugin\fR\|(3): New \f(CW\*(C`set_error\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`debug\*(C'\fR calls. .IP "\(bu" 4 Analyze code under AddressSanitizer and ThreadSanitizer and fix bugs (Eric Blake). .IP "\(bu" 4 Analyze code under Coverity and fix bugs. .IP "\(bu" 4 Tests now run more quickly. .SH "SEE ALSO" .IX Header "SEE ALSO" \&\fBnbdkit\fR\|(1), https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2018\-November/msg00111.html. .SH "AUTHORS" .IX Header "AUTHORS" Eric Blake .PP Richard W.M. 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