Document initial message.

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Richard Jones
2009-04-19 14:39:19 +01:00
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@@ -615,6 +615,13 @@ parameters, but with the roles of daemon and library reversed.
sequence of chunks for FileOut param #0
sequence of chunks for FileOut param #1 etc.
=head3 INITIAL MESSAGE
Because the underlying channel (QEmu -net channel) doesn't have any
sort of connection control, when the daemon launches it sends an
initial word (C<GUESTFS_LAUNCH_FLAG>) which indicates that the guest
and daemon is alive. This is what C<guestfs_wait_ready> waits for.
=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
=over 4