SYNOPSIS

nbdkit gzip file=FILENAME.gz

DESCRIPTION

is a file serving plugin for nbdkit(1).

It serves the named over uncompressing it on the fly. The plugin only supports read-only connections.

Note that gzip files are not very good for random access in large files because seeking to a position in the gzip file involves uncompressing lots of data. A more practical method to compress large disk images is to use the xz(1) format and nbdkit-xz-plugin(1).

AUTHORS

Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat Inc.

LICENSE

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

• Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
• Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
• Neither the name of Red Hat nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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