<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2008 (1.71) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Building Bacula Plugins</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Building Bacula Plugins"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="developers"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2008"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="developers.css"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="Bacula_Plugin_Entrypoints.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="Bacula_FD_Plugin_API.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="Platform_Support.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html744" HREF="Platform_Support.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html738" HREF="Bacula_FD_Plugin_API.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html734" HREF="Bacula_Plugin_Entrypoints.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html740" HREF="Contents.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html742" HREF="GNU_Free_Documentation_Lice.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html745" HREF="Platform_Support.html">Platform Support</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html739" HREF="Bacula_FD_Plugin_API.html">Bacula FD Plugin API</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html735" HREF="Bacula_Plugin_Entrypoints.html">Bacula Plugin Entrypoints</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html741" HREF="Contents.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html743" HREF="GNU_Free_Documentation_Lice.html">Index</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H1><A NAME="SECTION00460000000000000000"> Building Bacula Plugins</A> </H1> There is currently one sample program <B>example-plugin-fd.c</B> and one working plugin <B>bpipe-fd.c</B> that can be found in the Bacula <B>src/plugins/fd</B> directory. Both are built with the following: <P> <PRE> cd <bacula-source> ./configure <your-options> make ... cd src/plugins/fd make make test </PRE> <P> After building Bacula and changing into the src/plugins/fd directory, the <B>make</B> command will build the <B>bpipe-fd.so</B> plugin, which is a very useful and working program. <P> The <B>make test</B> command will build the <B>example-plugin-fd.so</B> plugin and a binary named <B>main</B>, which is build from the source code located in <B>src/filed/fd_plugins.c</B>. <P> If you execute <B>./main</B>, it will load and run the example-plugin-fd plugin simulating a small number of the calling sequences that Bacula uses in calling a real plugin. This allows you to do initial testing of your plugin prior to trying it with Bacula. <P> You can get a good idea of how to write your own plugin by first studying the example-plugin-fd, and actually running it. Then it can also be instructive to read the bpipe-fd.c code as it is a real plugin, which is still rather simple and small. <P> When actually writing your own plugin, you may use the example-plugin-fd.c code as a template for your code. <P> <HR> <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html744" HREF="Platform_Support.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html738" HREF="Bacula_FD_Plugin_API.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html734" HREF="Bacula_Plugin_Entrypoints.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html740" HREF="Contents.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html742" HREF="GNU_Free_Documentation_Lice.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html745" HREF="Platform_Support.html">Platform Support</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html739" HREF="Bacula_FD_Plugin_API.html">Bacula FD Plugin API</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html735" HREF="Bacula_Plugin_Entrypoints.html">Bacula Plugin Entrypoints</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html741" HREF="Contents.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html743" HREF="GNU_Free_Documentation_Lice.html">Index</A></B> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <ADDRESS> 2012-01-24 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>
