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diff --git a/guestfs-actions.pod b/guestfs-actions.pod
index a05436c..23e0580 100644
--- a/guestfs-actions.pod
+++ b/guestfs-actions.pod
@@ -522,6 +522,28 @@ C<value> can be NULL.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_cp
+
+ int guestfs_cp (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *src,
+		const char *dest);
+
+This copies a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
+either a destination filename or destination directory.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+=head2 guestfs_cp_a
+
+ int guestfs_cp_a (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *src,
+		const char *dest);
+
+This copies a file or directory from C<src> to C<dest>
+recursively using the C<cp -a> command.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_debug
 
  char *guestfs_debug (guestfs_h *handle,
@@ -539,6 +561,22 @@ to find out what you can do.
 This function returns a string, or NULL on error.
 I<The caller must free the returned string after use>.
 
+=head2 guestfs_dmesg
+
+ char *guestfs_dmesg (guestfs_h *handle);
+
+This returns the kernel messages (C<dmesg> output) from
+the guest kernel.  This is sometimes useful for extended
+debugging of problems.
+
+Another way to get the same information is to enable
+verbose messages with C<guestfs_set_verbose> or by setting
+the environment variable C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> before
+running the program.
+
+This function returns a string, or NULL on error.
+I<The caller must free the returned string after use>.
+
 =head2 guestfs_download
 
  int guestfs_download (guestfs_h *handle,
@@ -554,6 +592,36 @@ See also C<guestfs_upload>, C<guestfs_cat>.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_drop_caches
+
+ int guestfs_drop_caches (guestfs_h *handle,
+		int whattodrop);
+
+This instructs the guest kernel to drop its page cache,
+and/or dentries and inode caches.  The parameter C<whattodrop>
+tells the kernel what precisely to drop, see
+L<http://linux-mm.org/Drop_Caches>
+
+Setting C<whattodrop> to 3 should drop everything.
+
+This automatically calls L<sync(2)> before the operation,
+so that the maximum guest memory is freed.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+=head2 guestfs_equal
+
+ int guestfs_equal (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *file1,
+		const char *file2);
+
+This compares the two files C<file1> and C<file2> and returns
+true if their content is exactly equal, or false otherwise.
+
+The external L<cmp(1)> program is used for the comparison.
+
+This function returns a C truth value on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_exists
 
  int guestfs_exists (guestfs_h *handle,
@@ -958,7 +1026,7 @@ This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 		const char *device);
 
 This creates a filesystem on C<device> (usually a partition
-of LVM logical volume).  The filesystem type is C<fstype>, for
+or LVM logical volume).  The filesystem type is C<fstype>, for
 example C<ext3>.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
@@ -1039,6 +1107,28 @@ This function returns a NULL-terminated array of strings
 (like L<environ(3)>), or NULL if there was an error.
 I<The caller must free the strings and the array after use>.
 
+=head2 guestfs_mv
+
+ int guestfs_mv (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *src,
+		const char *dest);
+
+This moves a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
+either a destination filename or destination directory.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+=head2 guestfs_ping_daemon
+
+ int guestfs_ping_daemon (guestfs_h *handle);
+
+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.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_pvcreate
 
  int guestfs_pvcreate (guestfs_h *handle,