libnvmf\_config\_validate(9) libnvme API manual libnvmf\_config\_validate(9)

# [NAME](#NAME)

libnvmf\_config\_validate - dry-run a connection configuration.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**int libnvmf\_config\_validate** **(struct libnvme\_global\_ctx \*ctx ,** **const char \*file );**

# [ARGUMENTS](#ARGUMENTS)

[ctx](#ctx)

libnvme global context

[file](#file)

main configuration file, or NULL for the default.

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Reads and resolves like **libnvmf\_config\_read**, reporting every diagnostic through *ctx*, without handing back a configuration.

# [RETURN](#RETURN)

0 when the configuration is valid (including absent), negative errno otherwise.

libnvmf\_config\_validate October 2026

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Document: libnvmf_config_validate-libnvme3(2) from nvme-cli 3.2-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli