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diff --git a/network/nbd/slack-desc b/network/nbd/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c88819f46a --- /dev/null +++ b/network/nbd/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on +# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make +# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to +# leave one space after the ':'. + + |-----handy-ruler--------------------------------------------------------| +nbd: nbd (Network Block Device TCP version) +nbd: +nbd: With NBD you can access block device on remote host just as it was in +nbd: your local /dev. It works with companion with the kernel nbd driver and +nbd: consists of a server and a client. Communication between client and +nbd: server works over TCP/IP networking, but to the client program this is +nbd: hidden: it looks like a regular local file access to a block device +nbd: special file such as /dev/nd0. +nbd: +nbd: Homepage: http://nbd.sourceforge.net/ +nbd: |