Document testing method.

[virt-hostinfo.git] / hostinfod / hostinfo-protocol.pod

diff --git a/hostinfod/hostinfo-protocol.pod b/hostinfod/hostinfo-protocol.pod
index f322bca..036a856 100644 (file)
--- a/hostinfod/hostinfo-protocol.pod
+++ b/hostinfod/hostinfo-protocol.pod
@@ -483,6 +483,11 @@ I<TROUBLESHOOTING> in L<hostinfo(8)> manpage).
 Use L<hostinfo-test(1)> to test hostinfo from the guest.  This script
 should work on any guest that can run Perl.
 
+You can also send commands directly to the daemon on the host
+(just for testing purposes) using the I<nc> program:
+
+ # nc -CUl /var/lib/hostinfo/test-test
+
 =head2 LOSS OF SERVICE
 
 The daemon on the host side that services hostinfo requests is written