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XNBD-BGCTL(1) | xNBD Manual | XNBD-BGCTL(1) |
NAME¶
xnbd-bgctl - Control a server running xnbd-server(8) through its control socket
SYNOPSIS¶
xnbd-bgctl --query CONTROL_SOCKET
xnbd-bgctl [--force] --switch CONTROL_SOCKET
xnbd-bgctl [--progress] --cache-all CONTROL_SOCKET
xnbd-bgctl --cache-all2 CONTROL_SOCKET
xnbd-bgctl [--exportname NAME] --reconnect CONTROL_SOCKET REMOTE_HOST REMOTE_PORT
DESCRIPTION¶
With the xnbd-bgctl command you can connect to an xnbd-server control channel and instruct it to act as directed. You may pass an argument to the control program which is then forwarded, on your behalf, to the server instance.
OPTIONS¶
The following options are supported:
--cache-all
--cache-all2
--query
--reconnect
--switch
--exportname NAME
--progress
--force
(--shutdown)
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS¶
The following positional options are supported:
CONTROL_SOCKET
SEE ALSO¶
xnbd-server(8), xnbd-wrapper(8), xnbd-wrapper-ctl(8)
AUTHOR¶
The NBD kernel module and the NBD tools have been written by Pavel Macheck (pavel@ucw.cz) and is now maintained by Paul Clements (Paul.Clements@steeleye.com).
The xNBD userland programs have been written by Takahiro Hirofuchi (t.hirofuchi@aist.go.jp).
This manual page was written by Arno Toell (arno@debian.org) for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
02/12/2014 | xNBD 0.3.0 |