---
plugins/split/nbdkit-split-plugin.pod | 9 +++++++--
plugins/split/split.c | 3 ++-
tests/test-split.c | 3 ++-
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/plugins/split/nbdkit-split-plugin.pod
b/plugins/split/nbdkit-split-plugin.pod
index 6a6a01a..6f62eb3 100644
--- a/plugins/split/nbdkit-split-plugin.pod
+++ b/plugins/split/nbdkit-split-plugin.pod
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ nbdkit-split-plugin - nbdkit plugin to concatenate split files into one
disk
=head1 SYNOPSIS
- nbdkit split file=file1 [file=file2 file=file3 ...]
+ nbdkit split [file=]file1 [[file=]file2 [file=]file3 ...]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
C<nbdkit-split-plugin> is a file plugin for L<nbdkit(1)>. One or more
-filenames may be given using the C<file=FILENAME> parameter. These
+filenames may be given using the C<FILENAME> parameter. These
files are logically concatenated into a single disk image.
=head2 Differences from nbdkit-file-plugin
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ the order they appear on the command line.
This parameter must appear at least once.
+In nbdkit E<ge> 1.8, C<file=> may be omitted. To ensure that the
+filename does not end up being parsed accidentally as C<key=value>,
+prefix relative paths with C<./> (absolute paths do not need
+modification).
+
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
diff --git a/plugins/split/split.c b/plugins/split/split.c
index bdcdcf7..7572316 100644
--- a/plugins/split/split.c
+++ b/plugins/split/split.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* nbdkit
- * Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Red Hat Inc.
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ static struct nbdkit_plugin plugin = {
.unload = split_unload,
.config = split_config,
.config_help = split_config_help,
+ .magic_config_key = "file",
.open = split_open,
.close = split_close,
.get_size = split_get_size,
diff --git a/tests/test-split.c b/tests/test-split.c
index f20e64b..c4f2a74 100644
--- a/tests/test-split.c
+++ b/tests/test-split.c
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
size_t i, size;
if (test_start_nbdkit ("split",
- "file=split1", "file=split2",
"file=split3",
+ "split1", "split2",
+ "file=split3" /* leave file= to test */,
NULL) == -1)
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
--
2.18.0