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-.TH "NBD-CLIENT" "8" "26 May 2009" "" ""
+.TH "NBD-CLIENT" "8" "01 April 2010" "" ""
.SH NAME
nbd-client \- connect to a server running nbd-server(1), to use its exported block device
allowed values are either 512, 1024, 2048 or 4096
.TP
\fBhost\fR
-The hostname of the machine running
-\fBnbd-server\fR\&.
+The hostname or IP address of the machine running
+\fBnbd-server\fR\&. Since 2.9.15, the NBD
+utilities support IPv6.
.TP
\fBtimeout=\fIseconds\fB\fR
Set the connection timeout to "seconds". For this to