+ ("part_init", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "parttype"]), 208, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"]])],
+ "create an empty partition table",
+ "\
+This creates an empty partition table on C<device> of one of the
+partition types listed below. Usually C<parttype> should be
+either C<msdos> or C<gpt> (for large disks).
+
+Initially there are no partitions. Following this, you should
+call C<guestfs_part_add> for each partition required.
+
+Possible values for C<parttype> are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<efi> | B<gpt>
+
+Intel EFI / GPT partition table.
+
+This is recommended for >= 2 TB partitions that will be accessed
+from Linux and Intel-based Mac OS X. It also has limited backwards
+compatibility with the C<mbr> format.
+
+=item B<mbr> | B<msdos>
+
+The standard PC \"Master Boot Record\" (MBR) format used
+by MS-DOS and Windows. This partition type will B<only> work
+for device sizes up to 2 TB. For large disks we recommend
+using C<gpt>.
+
+=back
+
+Other partition table types that may work but are not
+supported include:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<aix>
+
+AIX disk labels.
+
+=item B<amiga> | B<rdb>
+
+Amiga \"Rigid Disk Block\" format.
+
+=item B<bsd>
+
+BSD disk labels.
+
+=item B<dasd>
+
+DASD, used on IBM mainframes.
+
+=item B<dvh>
+
+MIPS/SGI volumes.
+
+=item B<mac>
+
+Old Mac partition format. Modern Macs use C<gpt>.
+
+=item B<pc98>
+
+NEC PC-98 format, common in Japan apparently.
+
+=item B<sun>
+
+Sun disk labels.
+
+=back");
+
+ ("part_add", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "prlogex"; Int64 "startsect"; Int64 "endsect"]), 209, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"]]);
+ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "34"; "127"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "128"; "-34"]]);
+ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "32"; "127"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "128"; "255"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "256"; "511"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "512"; "-1"]])],
+ "add a partition to the device",
+ "\
+This command adds a partition to C<device>. If there is no partition
+table on the device, call C<guestfs_part_init> first.
+
+The C<prlogex> parameter is the type of partition. Normally you
+should pass C<p> or C<primary> here, but MBR partition tables also
+support C<l> (or C<logical>) and C<e> (or C<extended>) partition
+types.
+
+C<startsect> and C<endsect> are the start and end of the partition
+in I<sectors>. C<endsect> may be negative, which means it counts
+backwards from the end of the disk (C<-1> is the last sector).
+
+Creating a partition which covers the whole disk is not so easy.
+Use C<guestfs_part_disk> to do that.");
+
+ ("part_disk", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "parttype"]), 210, [DangerWillRobinson],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"]]);
+ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"]])],
+ "partition whole disk with a single primary partition",
+ "\
+This command is simply a combination of C<guestfs_part_init>
+followed by C<guestfs_part_add> to create a single primary partition
+covering the whole disk.
+
+C<parttype> is the partition table type, usually C<mbr> or C<gpt>,
+but other possible values are described in C<guestfs_part_init>.");
+
+ ("part_set_bootable", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; Bool "bootable"]), 211, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_set_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "true"]])],
+ "make a partition bootable",
+ "\
+This sets the bootable flag on partition numbered C<partnum> on
+device C<device>. Note that partitions are numbered from 1.
+
+The bootable flag is used by some operating systems (notably
+Windows) to determine which partition to boot from. It is by
+no means universally recognized.");
+
+ ("part_set_name", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; String "name"]), 212, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
+ ["part_set_name"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "thepartname"]])],
+ "set partition name",
+ "\
+This sets the partition name on partition numbered C<partnum> on
+device C<device>. Note that partitions are numbered from 1.
+
+The partition name can only be set on certain types of partition
+table. This works on C<gpt> but not on C<mbr> partitions.");
+
+ ("part_list", (RStructList ("partitions", "partition"), [Device "device"]), 213, [],
+ [], (* XXX Add a regression test for this. *)
+ "list partitions on a device",
+ "\
+This command parses the partition table on C<device> and
+returns the list of partitions found.
+
+The fields in the returned structure are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<part_num>
+
+Partition number, counting from 1.
+
+=item B<part_start>
+
+Start of the partition I<in bytes>. To get sectors you have to
+divide by the device's sector size, see C<guestfs_blockdev_getss>.
+
+=item B<part_end>
+
+End of the partition in bytes.
+
+=item B<part_size>
+
+Size of the partition in bytes.
+
+=back");
+
+ ("part_get_parttype", (RString "parttype", [Device "device"]), 214, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
+ ["part_get_parttype"; "/dev/sda"]], "gpt")],
+ "get the partition table type",
+ "\
+This command examines the partition table on C<device> and
+returns the partition table type (format) being used.
+
+Common return values include: C<msdos> (a DOS/Windows style MBR
+partition table), C<gpt> (a GPT/EFI-style partition table). Other
+values are possible, although unusual. See C<guestfs_part_init>
+for a full list.");
+
+ ("fill", (RErr, [Int "c"; Int "len"; Pathname "path"]), 215, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["fill"; "0x63"; "10"; "/test"];
+ ["read_file"; "/test"]], "cccccccccc")],
+ "fill a file with octets",
+ "\
+This command creates a new file called C<path>. The initial
+content of the file is C<len> octets of C<c>, where C<c>
+must be a number in the range C<[0..255]>.
+
+To fill a file with zero bytes (sparsely), it is
+much more efficient to use C<guestfs_truncate_size>.");
+
+ ("available", (RErr, [StringList "groups"]), 216, [],
+ [InitNone, Always, TestRun [["available"; ""]]],
+ "test availability of some parts of the API",
+ "\
+This command is used to check the availability of some
+groups of functionality in the appliance, which not all builds of
+the libguestfs appliance will be able to provide.
+
+The libguestfs groups, and the functions that those
+groups correspond to, are listed in L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.
+
+The argument C<groups> is a list of group names, eg:
+C<[\"inotify\", \"augeas\"]> would check for the availability of
+the Linux inotify functions and Augeas (configuration file
+editing) functions.
+
+The command returns no error if I<all> requested groups are available.
+
+It fails with an error if one or more of the requested
+groups is unavailable in the appliance.
+
+If an unknown group name is included in the
+list of groups then an error is always returned.
+
+I<Notes:>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+You must call C<guestfs_launch> before calling this function.
+
+The reason is because we don't know what groups are
+supported by the appliance/daemon until it is running and can
+be queried.
+
+=item *
+
+If a group of functions is available, this does not necessarily
+mean that they will work. You still have to check for errors
+when calling individual API functions even if they are
+available.
+
+=item *
+
+It is usually the job of distro packagers to build
+complete functionality into the libguestfs appliance.
+Upstream libguestfs, if built from source with all
+requirements satisfied, will support everything.
+
+=item *
+
+This call was added in version C<1.0.80>. In previous
+versions of libguestfs all you could do would be to speculatively
+execute a command to find out if the daemon implemented it.
+See also C<guestfs_version>.
+
+=back");
+
+ ("dd", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "src"; Dev_or_Path "dest"]), 217, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["write_file"; "/src"; "hello, world"; "0"];
+ ["dd"; "/src"; "/dest"];
+ ["read_file"; "/dest"]], "hello, world")],
+ "copy from source to destination using dd",
+ "\
+This command copies from one source device or file C<src>
+to another destination device or file C<dest>. Normally you
+would use this to copy to or from a device or partition, for
+example to duplicate a filesystem.
+
+If the destination is a device, it must be as large or larger
+than the source file or device, otherwise the copy will fail.
+This command cannot do partial copies (see C<guestfs_copy_size>).");
+
+ ("filesize", (RInt64 "size", [Pathname "file"]), 218, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
+ [["write_file"; "/file"; "hello, world"; "0"];
+ ["filesize"; "/file"]], 12)],
+ "return the size of the file in bytes",
+ "\
+This command returns the size of C<file> in bytes.
+
+To get other stats about a file, use C<guestfs_stat>, C<guestfs_lstat>,
+C<guestfs_is_dir>, C<guestfs_is_file> etc.
+To get the size of block devices, use C<guestfs_blockdev_getsize64>.");
+
+ ("lvrename", (RErr, [String "logvol"; String "newlogvol"]), 219, [],
+ [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
+ [["lvrename"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/dev/VG/LV2"];
+ ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV2"])],
+ "rename an LVM logical volume",
+ "\
+Rename a logical volume C<logvol> with the new name C<newlogvol>.");
+
+ ("vgrename", (RErr, [String "volgroup"; String "newvolgroup"]), 220, [],
+ [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
+ [["umount"; "/"];
+ ["vg_activate"; "false"; "VG"];
+ ["vgrename"; "VG"; "VG2"];
+ ["vg_activate"; "true"; "VG2"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG2/LV"; "/"];
+ ["vgs"]], ["VG2"])],
+ "rename an LVM volume group",
+ "\
+Rename a volume group C<volgroup> with the new name C<newvolgroup>.");
+
+ ("initrd_cat", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "initrdpath"; String "filename"]), 221, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+ [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["initrd_cat"; "/initrd"; "known-4"]], "abc\ndef\nghi")],
+ "list the contents of a single file in an initrd",
+ "\
+This command unpacks the file C<filename> from the initrd file
+called C<initrdpath>. The filename must be given I<without> the
+initial C</> character.
+
+For example, in guestfish you could use the following command
+to examine the boot script (usually called C</init>)
+contained in a Linux initrd or initramfs image:
+
+ initrd-cat /boot/initrd-<version>.img init
+
+See also C<guestfs_initrd_list>.");
+
+ ("pvuuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"]), 222, [],
+ [],
+ "get the UUID of a physical volume",
+ "\
+This command returns the UUID of the LVM PV C<device>.");
+
+ ("vguuid", (RString "uuid", [String "vgname"]), 223, [],
+ [],
+ "get the UUID of a volume group",
+ "\
+This command returns the UUID of the LVM VG named C<vgname>.");
+
+ ("lvuuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"]), 224, [],
+ [],
+ "get the UUID of a logical volume",
+ "\
+This command returns the UUID of the LVM LV C<device>.");
+
+ ("vgpvuuids", (RStringList "uuids", [String "vgname"]), 225, [],
+ [],
+ "get the PV UUIDs containing the volume group",
+ "\
+Given a VG called C<vgname>, this returns the UUIDs of all
+the physical volumes that this volume group resides on.
+
+You can use this along with C<guestfs_pvs> and C<guestfs_pvuuid>
+calls to associate physical volumes and volume groups.
+
+See also C<guestfs_vglvuuids>.");
+
+ ("vglvuuids", (RStringList "uuids", [String "vgname"]), 226, [],
+ [],
+ "get the LV UUIDs of all LVs in the volume group",
+ "\
+Given a VG called C<vgname>, this returns the UUIDs of all
+the logical volumes created in this volume group.
+
+You can use this along with C<guestfs_lvs> and C<guestfs_lvuuid>
+calls to associate logical volumes and volume groups.
+
+See also C<guestfs_vgpvuuids>.");
+
+ ("copy_size", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "src"; Dev_or_Path "dest"; Int64 "size"]), 227, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["write_file"; "/src"; "hello, world"; "0"];
+ ["copy_size"; "/src"; "/dest"; "5"];
+ ["read_file"; "/dest"]], "hello")],
+ "copy size bytes from source to destination using dd",
+ "\
+This command copies exactly C<size> bytes from one source device
+or file C<src> to another destination device or file C<dest>.
+
+Note this will fail if the source is too short or if the destination
+is not large enough.");
+
+ ("part_del", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"]), 233, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
+ ["part_del"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]])],
+ "delete a partition",
+ "\
+This command deletes the partition numbered C<partnum> on C<device>.
+
+Note that in the case of MBR partitioning, deleting an
+extended partition also deletes any logical partitions
+it contains.");
+
+ ("part_get_bootable", (RBool "bootable", [Device "device"; Int "partnum"]), 234, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
+ ["part_set_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "true"];
+ ["part_get_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]])],
+ "return true if a partition is bootable",
+ "\
+This command returns true if the partition C<partnum> on
+C<device> has the bootable flag set.
+
+See also C<guestfs_part_set_bootable>.");
+
+ ("part_get_mbr_id", (RInt "idbyte", [Device "device"; Int "partnum"]), 235, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
+ ["part_set_mbr_id"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "0x7f"];
+ ["part_get_mbr_id"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]], 0x7f)],
+ "get the MBR type byte (ID byte) from a partition",
+ "\
+Returns the MBR type byte (also known as the ID byte) from
+the numbered partition C<partnum>.
+
+Note that only MBR (old DOS-style) partitions have type bytes.
+You will get undefined results for other partition table
+types (see C<guestfs_part_get_parttype>).");
+
+ ("part_set_mbr_id", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; Int "idbyte"]), 236, [],
+ [], (* tested by part_get_mbr_id *)
+ "set the MBR type byte (ID byte) of a partition",
+ "\
+Sets the MBR type byte (also known as the ID byte) of
+the numbered partition C<partnum> to C<idbyte>. Note
+that the type bytes quoted in most documentation are
+in fact hexadecimal numbers, but usually documented
+without any leading \"0x\" which might be confusing.
+
+Note that only MBR (old DOS-style) partitions have type bytes.
+You will get undefined results for other partition table
+types (see C<guestfs_part_get_parttype>).");
+