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diff --git a/python/guestfs.py b/python/guestfs.py
index a75148e..3976610 100644
--- a/python/guestfs.py
+++ b/python/guestfs.py
@@ -947,7 +947,9 @@ class GuestFS:
         The single parameter is an argv-style list of arguments.
         The first element is the name of the program to run.
         Subsequent elements are parameters. The list must be
-        non-empty (ie. must contain a program name).
+        non-empty (ie. must contain a program name). Note that
+        the command runs directly, and is *not* invoked via the
+        shell (see "g.sh").
         
         The return value is anything printed to *stdout* by the
         command.
@@ -977,6 +979,8 @@ class GuestFS:
         u"""This is the same as "g.command", but splits the result
         into a list of lines.
         
+        See also: "g.sh_lines"
+        
         This function returns a list of strings.
         
         Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer
@@ -1599,3 +1603,67 @@ class GuestFS:
         """
         return libguestfsmod.e2fsck_f (self._o, device)
 
+    def sleep (self, secs):
+        u"""Sleep for "secs" seconds.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.sleep (self._o, secs)
+
+    def ntfs_3g_probe (self, rw, device):
+        u"""This command runs the ntfs-3g.probe(8) command which
+        probes an NTFS "device" for mountability. (Not all NTFS
+        volumes can be mounted read-write, and some cannot be
+        mounted at all).
+        
+        "rw" is a boolean flag. Set it to true if you want to
+        test if the volume can be mounted read-write. Set it to
+        false if you want to test if the volume can be mounted
+        read-only.
+        
+        The return value is an integer which 0 if the operation
+        would succeed, or some non-zero value documented in the
+        ntfs-3g.probe(8) manual page.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.ntfs_3g_probe (self._o, rw, device)
+
+    def sh (self, command):
+        u"""This call runs a command from the guest filesystem via
+        the guest's "/bin/sh".
+        
+        This is like "g.command", but passes the command to:
+        
+        /bin/sh -c "command"
+        
+        Depending on the guest's shell, this usually results in
+        wildcards being expanded, shell expressions being
+        interpolated and so on.
+        
+        All the provisos about "g.command" apply to this call.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.sh (self._o, command)
+
+    def sh_lines (self, command):
+        u"""This is the same as "g.sh", but splits the result into a
+        list of lines.
+        
+        See also: "g.command_lines"
+        
+        This function returns a list of strings.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.sh_lines (self._o, command)
+
+    def glob_expand (self, pattern):
+        u"""This command searches for all the pathnames matching
+        "pattern" according to the wildcard expansion rules used
+        by the shell.
+        
+        If no paths match, then this returns an empty list
+        (note: not an error).
+        
+        It is just a wrapper around the C glob(3) function with
+        flags "GLOB_MARK|GLOB_BRACE". See that manual page for
+        more details.
+        
+        This function returns a list of strings.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.glob_expand (self._o, pattern)
+