template

• infos = Information about the template plugin is in keys below
• infos/author = Author Name elektra@libelektra.org
• infos/licence = BSD
• infos/needs =
• infos/provides =
• infos/recommends =
• infos/placements = prerollback rollback postrollback getresolver pregetstorage getstorage procgetstorage postgetstorage setresolver presetstorage setstorage precommit commit postcommit
• infos/status = recommended productive maintained reviewed conformant compatible coverage specific unittest shelltest tested nodep libc configurable final preview memleak experimental difficult unfinished old nodoc concept orphan obsolete discouraged -1000000
• infos/metadata =
• infos/description = one-line description of template

Introduction

Copy this template if you want to start a new plugin written in C.

Installation

See installation. The package is called libelektra5-experimental.

Usage

You can use scripts/copy-template to automatically rename everything to your plugin name:

cd src/plugins
../../scripts/copy-template yourplugin

Then update the README.md of your newly created plugin:

• enter your full name+email in infos/author
• make sure status, placements, and other clauses conform to descriptions in doc/CONTRACT.ini
• update the one-line description above
• add your plugin in src/plugins/README.md
• and rewrite the rest of this README.md to give a great explanation of what your plugin does

Dependencies

None.

Examples

# Backup-and-Restore: user:/tests/template

kdb set user:/tests/template/key value
#> Create a new key user:/tests/template/key with string "value"

kdb get /tests/template/key
#> value

Limitations

None.