nbd_get_package_name(3)

nbd_get_package_name3

Return the name of the library

Usage

 #include <libnbd.h>
 const char * nbd_get_package_name (
                struct nbd_handle *h
              );

Overview

Returns the name of the library, always "libnbd" unless the library was modified with another name at compile time.

Return value

This call returns a statically allocated string, valid for the lifetime of the process or until libnbd is unloaded by dlclose(3). You must not try to free the string.

Errors

This function does not fail.

The following parameters must not be NULL: "h". For more information see "Non-NULL parameters" in libnbd(3).

Version

This function first appeared in libnbd 1.0.

If you need to test if this function is available at compile time check if the following macro is defined:

 #define LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_GET_PACKAGE_NAME 1

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

Authors

Eric Blake

Richard W.M. Jones

License

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

From libnbd 1.24.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.