+ def ping_daemon (self):
+ u"""This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running
+ inside the qemu subprocess. Calling this function checks
+ that the daemon responds to the ping message, without
+ affecting the daemon or attached block device(s) in any
+ other way.
+ """
+ return libguestfsmod.ping_daemon (self._o)
+
+ def equal (self, file1, file2):
+ u"""This compares the two files "file1" and "file2" and
+ returns true if their content is exactly equal, or false
+ otherwise.
+
+ The external cmp(1) program is used for the comparison.
+ """
+ return libguestfsmod.equal (self._o, file1, file2)
+