From 31938ae5cddd237a428e71501e23f28dc8c5e583 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andre Noll Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 13:48:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] manual: Fix paragraph on addblob commands. These days we have the AWAITING_DATA sideband designator to distinguish between normal and addblob commands. --- web/manual.m4 | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/web/manual.m4 b/web/manual.m4 index b7e05978..5e58022e 100644 --- a/web/manual.m4 +++ b/web/manual.m4 @@ -1289,10 +1289,10 @@ to the database, so they need to transfer data the other way round, from the client to the server. There is no knowledge about the server commands built into para_client, -so it does not know about addblob commands. Instead, it inspects the -first data package sent by the server for a magic string. If this -string was found, it sends STDIN to the server, otherwise it dumps -data from the server to STDOUT. +so it does not know about addblob commands. Instead, the server sends +a special "awaiting data" packet for these commands. If the client +receives this packet, it sends STDIN to the server, otherwise it +dumps data from the server to STDOUT. Streaming protocols ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.39.2