On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 09:41:04PM +0200, Martin Kletzander wrote: > On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 03:53:45PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > >Thanks: Eric Blake, Martin Kletzander. > >--- > >docs/nbdkit-probing.pod | 11 +++++++++++ > >1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) > > > >diff --git a/docs/nbdkit-probing.pod b/docs/nbdkit-probing.pod > >index 94bdfb4..46a7c47 100644 > >--- a/docs/nbdkit-probing.pod > >+++ b/docs/nbdkit-probing.pod > >@@ -80,6 +80,17 @@ installed. A complete shell script which does this is: > > fi > > done > > > >+=head2 Detect if a filter is installed > >+ > >+To find out if a filter is installed (and working) use > >+I<--dump-plugin> with the C<null> plugin and the name of the filter to > >+test: > >+ > >+ nbdkit --dump-plugin --filter=foo null > >+ > >+This will fail with an error and non-zero exit code if the C<foo> > >+filter cannot be loaded. > >+ > > Looks good, for people like me it would be also nice to mention that > the above command will list the filter's parameters as well.
Hehe, unfortunately it lists the plugin's parameters modulated by the filter's parameters :-( Another reason why we really need a proper dump-filter mode, one day. Thanks, Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com libguestfs lets you edit virtual machines. Supports shell scripting, bindings from many languages. http://libguestfs.org _______________________________________________ Libguestfs mailing list Libguestfs@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs