nbd_connect_tcp - connect to NBD server over a TCP port

       Eric Blake

       Richard W.M. Jones

       Copyright Red Hat

       Connect (synchronously) to the NBD server listening on "hostname:port".  The "port" may be a port name
       such as "nbd", or it may be a port number as a string such as "10809".

       This call returns when the connection has been made.  By default, this proceeds all the way to
       transmission phase, but nbd_set_opt_mode(3) can be used for manual control over option negotiation
       performed before transmission phase.

       On error -1 is returned.

       Refer to "ERROR HANDLING" in libnbd(3) for how to get further details of the error.

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

       nbd_connect_tcp can be called when the handle is in the following state:

        ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
        │ Handle created, before connecting   │ ✅ allowed              │
        │ Connecting                          │ ❌ error                │
        │ Connecting & handshaking (opt_mode) │ ❌ error                │
        │ Connected to the server             │ ❌ error                │
        │ Connection shut down                │ ❌ error                │
        │ Handle dead                         │ ❌ error                │
        └─────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘

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libnbd-1.22.2                                      2025-06-16                                 nbd_connect_tcp(3)

       nbd_connect_tcp - connect to NBD server over a TCP port

       If the call is successful the function returns 0.

nbd_aio_connect_tcp(3), nbd_create(3), nbd_set_opt_mode(3), libnbd(3).

        #include <libnbd.h>

        int nbd_connect_tcp (
              struct nbd_handle *h, const char *hostname,
              const char *port
            );

       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_CONNECT_TCP 1