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diff --git a/python/guestfs.py b/python/guestfs.py
index 1596bcd..37dc80f 100644
--- a/python/guestfs.py
+++ b/python/guestfs.py
@@ -279,6 +279,15 @@ class GuestFS:
         """
         return libguestfsmod.set_ready (self._o)
 
+    def end_busy (self):
+        u"""This sets the state to "READY", or if in "CONFIG" then
+        it leaves the state as is. This is only used when
+        implementing actions using the low-level API.
+        
+        For more information on states, see guestfs(3).
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.end_busy (self._o)
+
     def mount (self, device, mountpoint):
         u"""Mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem.
         Block devices are named "/dev/sda", "/dev/sdb" and so
@@ -700,7 +709,7 @@ class GuestFS:
 
     def mkfs (self, fstype, device):
         u"""This creates a filesystem on "device" (usually a
-        partition of LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is
+        partition or LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is
         "fstype", for example "ext3".
         """
         return libguestfsmod.mkfs (self._o, fstype, device)
@@ -743,6 +752,11 @@ class GuestFS:
         calculated using "strlen" (so in this case the content
         cannot contain embedded ASCII NULs).
         
+        *NB.* Owing to a bug, writing content containing ASCII
+        NUL characters does *not* work, even if the length is
+        specified. We hope to resolve this bug in a future
+        version. In the meantime use "g.upload".
+        
         Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer
         limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer
         large files you should use FTP.
@@ -806,6 +820,13 @@ class GuestFS:
         Subsequent elements are parameters. The list must be
         non-empty (ie. must contain a program name).
         
+        The return value is anything printed to *stdout* by the
+        command.
+        
+        If the command returns a non-zero exit status, then this
+        function returns an error message. The error message
+        string is the content of *stderr* from the command.
+        
         The $PATH environment variable will contain at least
         "/usr/bin" and "/bin". If you require a program from
         another location, you should provide the full path in
@@ -816,6 +837,10 @@ class GuestFS:
         the correct places. It is the caller's responsibility to
         ensure all filesystems that are needed are mounted at
         the right locations.
+        
+        Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer
+        limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer
+        large files you should use FTP.
         """
         return libguestfsmod.command (self._o, arguments)
 
@@ -824,6 +849,10 @@ class GuestFS:
         into a list of lines.
         
         This function returns a list of strings.
+        
+        Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer
+        limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer
+        large files you should use FTP.
         """
         return libguestfsmod.command_lines (self._o, arguments)
 
@@ -1242,3 +1271,54 @@ class GuestFS:
         """
         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)
+
+    def strings (self, path):
+        u"""This runs the strings(1) command on a file and returns
+        the list of printable strings found.
+        
+        This function returns a list of strings.
+        
+        Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer
+        limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer
+        large files you should use FTP.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.strings (self._o, path)
+
+    def strings_e (self, encoding, path):
+        u"""This is like the "g.strings" command, but allows you to
+        specify the encoding.
+        
+        See the strings(1) manpage for the full list of
+        encodings.
+        
+        Commonly useful encodings are "l" (lower case L) which
+        will show strings inside Windows/x86 files.
+        
+        The returned strings are transcoded to UTF-8.
+        
+        This function returns a list of strings.
+        
+        Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer
+        limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer
+        large files you should use FTP.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.strings_e (self._o, encoding, path)
+
+    def hexdump (self, path):
+        u"""This runs "hexdump -C" on the given "path". The result
+        is the human-readable, canonical hex dump of the file.
+        
+        Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer
+        limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer
+        large files you should use FTP.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.hexdump (self._o, path)
+