3 nbdkit-gzip-plugin - nbdkit gzip plugin
7 nbdkit gzip [file=]FILENAME.gz
11 C<nbdkit-gzip-plugin> is a file serving plugin for L<nbdkit(1)>.
13 It serves the named C<FILENAME.gz> over NBD, uncompressing it on the
14 fly. The plugin only supports read-only connections.
16 B<Note> that gzip files are not very good for random access in large
17 files because seeking to a position in the gzip file involves
18 uncompressing lots of data. A more practical method to compress large
19 disk images is to use the L<xz(1)> format and L<nbdkit-xz-plugin(1)>.
25 =item [B<file=>]FILENAME.gz
27 Serve the compressed file named C<FILENAME.gz>.
29 This parameter is required.
31 C<file=> is a magic config key and may be omitted in most cases.
32 See L<nbdkit(1)/Magic parameters>.
40 =item F<$plugindir/nbdkit-gzip-plugin.so>
44 Use C<nbdkit --dump-config> to find the location of C<$plugindir>.
50 C<nbdkit-gzip-plugin> first appeared in nbdkit 1.2.
54 L<nbdkit-xz-plugin(1)>,
64 Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat Inc.