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diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml
index 58c39e6..be4542e 100755
--- a/src/generator.ml
+++ b/src/generator.ml
@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@
 
 (* This script generates a large amount of code and documentation for
  * all the daemon actions.
- * 
+ *
  * To add a new action there are only two files you need to change,
  * this one to describe the interface (see the big table of
  * 'daemon_functions' below), and daemon/<somefile>.c to write the
  * implementation.
- * 
+ *
  * After editing this file, run it (./src/generator.ml) to regenerate
  * all the output files.  'make' will rerun this automatically when
  * necessary.  Note that if you are using a separate build directory
  * you must run generator.ml from the _source_ directory.
- * 
+ *
  * IMPORTANT: This script should NOT print any warnings.  If it prints
  * warnings, you should treat them as errors.
  *
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #load "unix.cma";;
 #load "str.cma";;
 #directory "+xml-light";;
+#directory "+../pkg-lib/xml-light";; (* for GODI users *)
 #load "xml-light.cma";;
 
 open Unix
@@ -306,6 +307,9 @@ and test_prereq =
     (* As for 'If' but the test runs _unless_ the code returns true. *)
   | Unless of string
 
+    (* Run the test only if 'string' is available in the daemon. *)
+  | IfAvailable of string
+
 (* Some initial scenarios for testing. *)
 and test_init =
     (* Do nothing, block devices could contain random stuff including
@@ -489,9 +493,15 @@ image).
 
 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter
 C<-drive file=filename,cache=off,if=...>.
+
 C<cache=off> is omitted in cases where it is not supported by
 the underlying filesystem.
 
+C<if=...> is set at compile time by the configuration option
+C<./configure --with-drive-if=...>.  In the rare case where you
+might need to change this at run time, use C<guestfs_add_drive_with_if>
+or C<guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if>.
+
 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>.  This
 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs.  To specify those, use
@@ -505,10 +515,24 @@ This function adds a virtual CD-ROM disk image to the guest.
 
 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-cdrom filename>.
 
-Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>.  This
+Notes:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+This call checks for the existence of C<filename>.  This
 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs.  To specify those, use
-the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.");
+the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.
+
+=item *
+
+If you just want to add an ISO file (often you use this as an
+efficient way to transfer large files into the guest), then you
+should probably use C<guestfs_add_drive_ro> instead.
+
+=back");
 
   ("add_drive_ro", (RErr, [String "filename"]), -1, [FishAlias "add-ro"],
    [],
@@ -524,7 +548,14 @@ handle is closed.  We don't currently have any method to enable
 changes to be committed, although qemu can support this.
 
 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter
-C<-drive file=filename,snapshot=on,if=...>.
+C<-drive file=filename,snapshot=on,readonly=on,if=...>.
+
+C<if=...> is set at compile time by the configuration option
+C<./configure --with-drive-if=...>.  In the rare case where you
+might need to change this at run time, use C<guestfs_add_drive_with_if>
+or C<guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if>.
+
+C<readonly=on> is only added where qemu supports this option.
 
 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>.  This
 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
@@ -544,7 +575,7 @@ The first character of C<param> string must be a C<-> (dash).
 
 C<value> can be NULL.");
 
-  ("set_qemu", (RErr, [String "qemu"]), -1, [FishAlias "qemu"],
+  ("set_qemu", (RErr, [OptString "qemu"]), -1, [FishAlias "qemu"],
    [],
    "set the qemu binary",
    "\
@@ -556,7 +587,15 @@ configure script.
 You can also override this by setting the C<LIBGUESTFS_QEMU>
 environment variable.
 
-Setting C<qemu> to C<NULL> restores the default qemu binary.");
+Setting C<qemu> to C<NULL> restores the default qemu binary.
+
+Note that you should call this function as early as possible
+after creating the handle.  This is because some pre-launch
+operations depend on testing qemu features (by running C<qemu -help>).
+If the qemu binary changes, we don't retest features, and
+so you might see inconsistent results.  Using the environment
+variable C<LIBGUESTFS_QEMU> is safest of all since that picks
+the qemu binary at the same time as the handle is created.");
 
   ("get_qemu", (RConstString "qemu", []), -1, [],
    [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
@@ -568,7 +607,7 @@ Return the current qemu binary.
 This is always non-NULL.  If it wasn't set already, then this will
 return the default qemu binary name.");
 
-  ("set_path", (RErr, [String "searchpath"]), -1, [FishAlias "path"],
+  ("set_path", (RErr, [OptString "searchpath"]), -1, [FishAlias "path"],
    [],
    "set the search path",
    "\
@@ -755,8 +794,9 @@ against a completely different C<libguestfs.so> library.
 
 This call was added in version C<1.0.58>.  In previous
 versions of libguestfs there was no way to get the version
-number.  From C code you can use ELF weak linking tricks to find out if
-this symbol exists (if it doesn't, then it's an earlier version).
+number.  From C code you can use dynamic linker functions
+to find out if this symbol exists (if it doesn't, then
+it's an earlier version).
 
 The call returns a structure with four elements.  The first
 three (C<major>, C<minor> and C<release>) are numbers and
@@ -767,9 +807,13 @@ used for distro-specific information.
 To construct the original version string:
 C<$major.$minor.$release$extra>
 
+See also: L<guestfs(3)/LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS>.
+
 I<Note:> Don't use this call to test for availability
-of features.  Distro backports makes this unreliable.  Use
-C<guestfs_available> instead.");
+of features.  In enterprise distributions we backport
+features from later versions into earlier versions,
+making this an unreliable way to test for features.
+Use C<guestfs_available> instead.");
 
   ("set_selinux", (RErr, [Bool "selinux"]), -1, [FishAlias "selinux"],
    [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
@@ -873,6 +917,20 @@ qemu, which is not very helpful.");
    "\
 Return the recovery process enabled flag.");
 
+  ("add_drive_with_if", (RErr, [String "filename"; String "iface"]), -1, [],
+   [],
+   "add a drive specifying the QEMU block emulation to use",
+   "\
+This is the same as C<guestfs_add_drive> but it allows you
+to specify the QEMU interface emulation to use at run time.");
+
+  ("add_drive_ro_with_if", (RErr, [String "filename"; String "iface"]), -1, [],
+   [],
+   "add a drive read-only specifying the QEMU block emulation to use",
+   "\
+This is the same as C<guestfs_add_drive_ro> but it allows you
+to specify the QEMU interface emulation to use at run time.");
+
 ]
 
 (* daemon_functions are any functions which cause some action
@@ -903,8 +961,15 @@ exist.
 The mounted filesystem is writable, if we have sufficient permissions
 on the underlying device.
 
-The filesystem options C<sync> and C<noatime> are set with this
-call, in order to improve reliability.");
+B<Important note:>
+When you use this call, the filesystem options C<sync> and C<noatime>
+are set implicitly.  This was originally done because we thought it
+would improve reliability, but it turns out that I<-o sync> has a
+very large negative performance impact and negligible effect on
+reliability.  Therefore we recommend that you avoid using
+C<guestfs_mount> in any code that needs performance, and instead
+use C<guestfs_mount_options> (use an empty string for the first
+parameter if you don't want any options).");
 
   ("sync", (RErr, []), 2, [],
    [ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun [["sync"]]],
@@ -1330,7 +1395,9 @@ numeric modes are supported.
 
 I<Note>: When using this command from guestfish, C<mode>
 by default would be decimal, unless you prefix it with
-C<0> to get octal, ie. use C<0700> not C<700>.");
+C<0> to get octal, ie. use C<0700> not C<700>.
+
+The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
 
   ("chown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"]), 35, [],
    [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
@@ -1423,16 +1490,16 @@ from the non-empty list of physical volumes C<physvols>.");
        ["lvs"]],
       ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2";
        "/dev/VG2/LV3"; "/dev/VG2/LV4"; "/dev/VG2/LV5"])],
-   "create an LVM volume group",
+   "create an LVM logical volume",
    "\
-This creates an LVM volume group called C<logvol>
+This creates an LVM logical volume called C<logvol>
 on the volume group C<volgroup>, with C<size> megabytes.");
 
   ("mkfs", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Device "device"]), 42, [],
    [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
       [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
-       ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
+       ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
        ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
        ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
    "make a filesystem",
@@ -1488,7 +1555,10 @@ C<guestfs_part_init>");
        ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n\n\n");
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       [["write_file"; "/new"; "\n"; "0"];
-       ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n")],
+       ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n");
+    (* Regression test for RHBZ#597135. *)
+    InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
+      [["write_file"; "/new"; "abc"; "10000"]]],
    "create a file",
    "\
 This call creates a file called C<path>.  The contents of the
@@ -1508,12 +1578,12 @@ use C<guestfs_upload>.");
    [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
       [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
-       ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
+       ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
        ["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
     InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
       [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
-       ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
+       ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
        ["umount"; "/"];
        ["mounts"]], [])],
    "unmount a filesystem",
@@ -1544,11 +1614,11 @@ See also: C<guestfs_mountpoints>");
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda2"];
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda3"];
-       ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
+       ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
        ["mkdir"; "/mp1"];
-       ["mount"; "/dev/sda2"; "/mp1"];
+       ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/mp1"];
        ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2"];
-       ["mount"; "/dev/sda3"; "/mp1/mp2"];
+       ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda3"; "/mp1/mp2"];
        ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2/mp3"];
        ["umount_all"];
        ["mounts"]], [])],
@@ -2027,7 +2097,11 @@ mounts the filesystem with the read-only (I<-o ro>) flag.");
    "\
 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
 allows you to set the mount options as for the
-L<mount(8)> I<-o> flag.");
+L<mount(8)> I<-o> flag.
+
+If the C<options> parameter is an empty string, then
+no options are passed (all options default to whatever
+the filesystem uses).");
 
   ("mount_vfs", (RErr, [String "options"; String "vfstype"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 75, [],
    [],
@@ -2256,7 +2330,18 @@ See also: C<guestfs_scrub_device>.");
    "install GRUB",
    "\
 This command installs GRUB (the Grand Unified Bootloader) on
-C<device>, with the root directory being C<root>.");
+C<device>, with the root directory being C<root>.
+
+Note: If grub-install reports the error
+\"No suitable drive was found in the generated device map.\"
+it may be that you need to create a C</boot/grub/device.map>
+file first that contains the mapping between grub device names
+and Linux device names.  It is usually sufficient to create
+a file containing:
+
+ (hd0) /dev/vda
+
+replacing C</dev/vda> with the name of the installation device.");
 
   ("cp", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"]), 87, [],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
@@ -2379,12 +2464,41 @@ the list of printable strings found.");
    "print the printable strings in a file",
    "\
 This is like the C<guestfs_strings> command, but allows you to
-specify the encoding.
+specify the encoding of strings that are looked for in
+the source file C<path>.
+
+Allowed encodings are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item s
 
-See the L<strings(1)> manpage for the full list of encodings.
+Single 7-bit-byte characters like ASCII and the ASCII-compatible
+parts of ISO-8859-X (this is what C<guestfs_strings> uses).
 
-Commonly useful encodings are C<l> (lower case L) which will
-show strings inside Windows/x86 files.
+=item S
+
+Single 8-bit-byte characters.
+
+=item b
+
+16-bit big endian strings such as those encoded in
+UTF-16BE or UCS-2BE.
+
+=item l (lower case letter L)
+
+16-bit little endian such as UTF-16LE and UCS-2LE.
+This is useful for examining binaries in Windows guests.
+
+=item B
+
+32-bit big endian such as UCS-4BE.
+
+=item L
+
+32-bit little endian such as UCS-4LE.
+
+=back
 
 The returned strings are transcoded to UTF-8.");
 
@@ -2405,11 +2519,11 @@ the human-readable, canonical hex dump of the file.");
    [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
       [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
        ["mkfs"; "ext3"; "/dev/sda1"];
-       ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
+       ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
        ["write_file"; "/new"; "test file"; "0"];
        ["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["zerofree"; "/dev/sda1"];
-       ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
+       ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
        ["cat"; "/new"]], "test file")],
    "zero unused inodes and disk blocks on ext2/3 filesystem",
    "\
@@ -2510,14 +2624,21 @@ are activated or deactivated.");
        ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
-       ["mount"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
+       ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
        ["write_file"; "/new"; "test content"; "0"];
        ["umount"; "/"];
        ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "20"];
        ["e2fsck_f"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
        ["resize2fs"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
-       ["mount"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
-       ["cat"; "/new"]], "test content")],
+       ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
+       ["cat"; "/new"]], "test content");
+    InitNone, Always, TestRun (
+      (* Make an LV smaller to test RHBZ#587484. *)
+      [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+       ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
+       ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
+       ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "20"];
+       ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "10"]])],
    "resize an LVM logical volume",
    "\
 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM logical
@@ -2526,9 +2647,9 @@ is lost.");
 
   ("resize2fs", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 106, [],
    [], (* lvresize tests this *)
-   "resize an ext2/ext3 filesystem",
+   "resize an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem",
    "\
-This resizes an ext2 or ext3 filesystem to match the size of
+This resizes an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem to match the size of
 the underlying device.
 
 I<Note:> It is sometimes required that you run C<guestfs_e2fsck_f>
@@ -2923,7 +3044,17 @@ named pipes (FIFOs).
 The C<mode> parameter should be the mode, using the standard
 constants.  C<devmajor> and C<devminor> are the
 device major and minor numbers, only used when creating block
-and character special devices.");
+and character special devices.
+
+Note that, just like L<mknod(2)>, the mode must be bitwise
+OR'd with S_IFBLK, S_IFCHR, S_IFIFO or S_IFSOCK (otherwise this call
+just creates a regular file).  These constants are
+available in the standard Linux header files, or you can use
+C<guestfs_mknod_b>, C<guestfs_mknod_c> or C<guestfs_mkfifo>
+which are wrappers around this command which bitwise OR
+in the appropriate constant for you.
+
+The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
 
   ("mkfifo", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"]), 134, [Optional "mknod"],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
@@ -2933,7 +3064,9 @@ and character special devices.");
    "\
 This call creates a FIFO (named pipe) called C<path> with
 mode C<mode>.  It is just a convenient wrapper around
-C<guestfs_mknod>.");
+C<guestfs_mknod>.
+
+The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
 
   ("mknod_b", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 135, [Optional "mknod"],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
@@ -2943,7 +3076,9 @@ C<guestfs_mknod>.");
    "\
 This call creates a block device node called C<path> with
 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
-It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.");
+It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.
+
+The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
 
   ("mknod_c", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 136, [Optional "mknod"],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
@@ -2953,12 +3088,13 @@ It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.");
    "\
 This call creates a char device node called C<path> with
 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
-It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.");
+It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.
+
+The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
 
   ("umask", (RInt "oldmask", [Int "mask"]), 137, [],
-   [], (* XXX umask is one of those stateful things that we should
-        * reset between each test.
-        *)
+   [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
+      [["umask"; "0o22"]], 0o22)],
    "set file mode creation mask (umask)",
    "\
 This function sets the mask used for creating new files and
@@ -3026,7 +3162,7 @@ Unknown file type
 
 =item '?'
 
-The L<readdir(3)> returned a C<d_type> field with an
+The L<readdir(3)> call returned a C<d_type> field with an
 unexpected value
 
 =back
@@ -3170,7 +3306,20 @@ for full details.");
 
   ("read_file", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "path"]), 150, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
    [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
-      [["read_file"; "/known-4"]], "abc\ndef\nghi")],
+      [["read_file"; "/known-4"]], "abc\ndef\nghi");
+    (* Test various near large, large and too large files (RHBZ#589039). *)
+    InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
+      [["touch"; "/a"];
+       ["truncate_size"; "/a"; "4194303"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX - 1 *)
+       ["read_file"; "/a"]]);
+    InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
+      [["touch"; "/a"];
+       ["truncate_size"; "/a"; "4194304"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX *)
+       ["read_file"; "/a"]]);
+    InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
+      [["touch"; "/a"];
+       ["truncate_size"; "/a"; "41943040"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX * 10 *)
+       ["read_file"; "/a"]])],
    "read a file",
    "\
 This calls returns the contents of the file C<path> as a
@@ -3560,7 +3709,7 @@ and C<guestfs_setcon>");
    [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
       [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
        ["mkfs_b"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda1"];
-       ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
+       ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
        ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
        ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
    "make a filesystem with block size",
@@ -3575,7 +3724,7 @@ are C<1024>, C<2048> or C<4096> only.");
       [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,"];
        ["mke2journal"; "4096"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["mke2fs_J"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda1"];
-       ["mount"; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
+       ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
        ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
        ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
    "make ext2/3/4 external journal",
@@ -3590,7 +3739,7 @@ to the command:
       [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,"];
        ["mke2journal_L"; "4096"; "JOURNAL"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["mke2fs_JL"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; "JOURNAL"];
-       ["mount"; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
+       ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
        ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
        ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
    "make ext2/3/4 external journal with label",
@@ -3603,7 +3752,7 @@ This creates an ext2 external journal on C<device> with label C<label>.");
        [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,"];
         ["mke2journal_U"; "4096"; uuid; "/dev/sda1"];
         ["mke2fs_JU"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; uuid];
-        ["mount"; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
+        ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
         ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
         ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")]),
    "make ext2/3/4 external journal with UUID",
@@ -3655,8 +3804,8 @@ was built (see C<appliance/kmod.whitelist.in> in the source).");
     )],
    "echo arguments back to the client",
    "\
-This command concatenate the list of C<words> passed with single spaces between
-them and returns the resulting string.
+This command concatenates the list of C<words> passed with single spaces
+between them and returns the resulting string.
 
 You can use this command to test the connection through to the daemon.
 
@@ -3758,12 +3907,13 @@ See also C<guestfs_realpath>.");
       [["vfs_type"; "/dev/sda1"]], "ext2")],
    "get the Linux VFS type corresponding to a mounted device",
    "\
-This command gets the block device type corresponding to
-a mounted device called C<device>.
+This command gets the filesystem type corresponding to
+the filesystem on C<device>.
 
-Usually the result is the name of the Linux VFS module that
-is used to mount this device (probably determined automatically
-if you used the C<guestfs_mount> call).");
+For most filesystems, the result is the name of the Linux
+VFS module which would be used to mount this filesystem
+if you mounted it without specifying the filesystem type.
+For example a string such as C<ext3> or C<ntfs>.");
 
   ("truncate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 199, [],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
@@ -3783,8 +3933,13 @@ file must exist already.");
    "truncate a file to a particular size",
    "\
 This command truncates C<path> to size C<size> bytes.  The file
-must exist already.  If the file is smaller than C<size> then
-the file is extended to the required size with null bytes.");
+must exist already.
+
+If the current file size is less than C<size> then
+the file is extended to the required size with zero bytes.
+This creates a sparse file (ie. disk blocks are not allocated
+for the file until you write to it).  To create a non-sparse
+file of zeroes, use C<guestfs_fallocate64> instead.");
 
   ("utimens", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "atsecs"; Int64 "atnsecs"; Int64 "mtsecs"; Int64 "mtnsecs"]), 201, [],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
@@ -3817,7 +3972,13 @@ C<*secs> field is ignored in this case).");
    "create a directory with a particular mode",
    "\
 This command creates a directory, setting the initial permissions
-of the directory to C<mode>.  See also C<guestfs_mkdir>.");
+of the directory to C<mode>.
+
+For common Linux filesystems, the actual mode which is set will
+be C<mode & ~umask & 01777>.  Non-native-Linux filesystems may
+interpret the mode in other ways.
+
+See also C<guestfs_mkdir>, C<guestfs_umask>");
 
   ("lchown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"]), 203, [],
    [], (* XXX *)
@@ -3888,7 +4049,7 @@ C<names> is the list of files from this directory.
 
 On return you get a list of strings, with a one-to-one
 correspondence to the C<names> list.  Each string is the
-value of the symbol link.
+value of the symbolic link.
 
 If the C<readlink(2)> operation fails on any name, then
 the corresponding result string is the empty string C<\"\">.
@@ -4043,10 +4204,9 @@ but other possible values are described in C<guestfs_part_init>.");
 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 PC BIOSes to determine which
-partition to boot from.  It is by no means universally recognized,
-and in any case if your operating system installed a boot
-sector on the device itself, then that takes precedence.");
+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 (
@@ -4190,7 +4350,7 @@ 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.");
+This command cannot do partial copies (see C<guestfs_copy_size>).");
 
   ("filesize", (RInt64 "size", [Pathname "file"]), 218, [],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
@@ -4204,6 +4364,153 @@ 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>).");
+
 ]
 
 let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions
@@ -4628,8 +4935,7 @@ let seq_of_test = function
 (* Handling for function flags. *)
 let protocol_limit_warning =
   "Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit
-of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB.  To transfer large files you should use
-FTP."
+of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB.  See L<guestfs(3)/PROTOCOL LIMITS>."
 
 let danger_will_robinson =
   "B<This command is dangerous.  Without careful use you
@@ -4736,6 +5042,7 @@ let check_functions () =
           "for"; "forall"; "foreign"; "fun"; "function"; "functor"; "goto";
           "hiding"; "if"; "import"; "in"; "include"; "infix"; "infixl";
           "infixr"; "inherit"; "initializer"; "inline"; "instance"; "int";
+          "interface";
           "land"; "lazy"; "let"; "long"; "lor"; "lsl"; "lsr"; "lxor";
           "match"; "mdo"; "method"; "mod"; "module"; "mutable"; "new";
           "newtype"; "object"; "of"; "open"; "or"; "private"; "qualified";
@@ -4769,7 +5076,7 @@ let check_functions () =
         failwithf "short description of %s should not end with . or \\n." name
   ) all_functions;
 
-  (* Check long dscriptions. *)
+  (* Check long descriptions. *)
   List.iter (
     fun (name, _, _, _, _, _, longdesc) ->
       if longdesc.[String.length longdesc-1] = '\n' then
@@ -4914,7 +5221,7 @@ let rec generate_actions_pod () =
         let name = "guestfs_" ^ shortname in
         pr "=head2 %s\n\n" name;
         pr " ";
-        generate_prototype ~extern:false ~handle:"handle" name style;
+        generate_prototype ~extern:false ~handle:"g" name style;
         pr "\n\n";
         pr "%s\n\n" longdesc;
         (match fst style with
@@ -5136,8 +5443,7 @@ and generate_xdr () =
   (* Having to choose a maximum message size is annoying for several
    * reasons (it limits what we can do in the API), but it (a) makes
    * the protocol a lot simpler, and (b) provides a bound on the size
-   * of the daemon which operates in limited memory space.  For large
-   * file transfers you should use FTP.
+   * of the daemon which operates in limited memory space.
    *)
   pr "const GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX = %d;\n" (4 * 1024 * 1024);
   pr "\n";
@@ -5243,7 +5549,7 @@ and generate_actions_h () =
   List.iter (
     fun (shortname, style, _, _, _, _, _) ->
       let name = "guestfs_" ^ shortname in
-      generate_prototype ~single_line:true ~newline:true ~handle:"handle"
+      generate_prototype ~single_line:true ~newline:true ~handle:"g"
         name style
   ) all_functions
 
@@ -5253,7 +5559,7 @@ and generate_internal_actions_h () =
   List.iter (
     fun (shortname, style, _, _, _, _, _) ->
       let name = "guestfs__" ^ shortname in
-      generate_prototype ~single_line:true ~newline:true ~handle:"handle"
+      generate_prototype ~single_line:true ~newline:true ~handle:"g"
         name style
   ) non_daemon_functions
 
@@ -5265,6 +5571,7 @@ and generate_client_actions () =
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
 #include \"guestfs.h\"
@@ -5647,6 +5954,8 @@ and generate_linker_script () =
      *)
     "guestfs_safe_calloc";
     "guestfs_safe_malloc";
+    "guestfs_safe_strdup";
+    "guestfs_safe_memdup";
   ] in
   let functions =
     List.map (fun (name, _, _, _, _, _, _) -> "guestfs_" ^ name)
@@ -5733,7 +6042,7 @@ and generate_daemon_actions () =
            pr "  memset (&args, 0, sizeof args);\n";
            pr "\n";
            pr "  if (!xdr_guestfs_%s_args (xdr_in, &args)) {\n" name;
-           pr "    reply_with_error (\"%%s: daemon failed to decode procedure arguments\", \"%s\");\n" name;
+           pr "    reply_with_error (\"daemon failed to decode procedure arguments\");\n";
            pr "    return;\n";
            pr "  }\n";
            let pr_args n =
@@ -5767,9 +6076,12 @@ and generate_daemon_actions () =
              | DeviceList n ->
                  pr_list_handling_code n;
                  pr "  /* Ensure that each is a device,\n";
-                 pr "   * and perform device name translation. */\n";
-                 pr "  { int pvi; for (pvi = 0; physvols[pvi] != NULL; ++pvi)\n";
-                 pr "    RESOLVE_DEVICE (physvols[pvi], goto done);\n";
+                 pr "   * and perform device name translation.\n";
+                 pr "   */\n";
+                 pr "  {\n";
+                 pr "    int i;\n";
+                 pr "    for (i = 0; %s[i] != NULL; ++i)\n" n;
+                 pr "      RESOLVE_DEVICE (%s[i], goto done);\n" n;
                  pr "  }\n";
              | Bool n -> pr "  %s = args.%s;\n" n n
              | Int n -> pr "  %s = args.%s;\n" n n
@@ -6003,7 +6315,7 @@ and generate_daemon_actions () =
         pr "  ret->guestfs_int_lvm_%s_list_val = NULL;\n" typ;
         pr "\n";
         pr "  r = command (&out, &err,\n";
-        pr "	       \"/sbin/lvm\", \"%ss\",\n" typ;
+        pr "	       \"lvm\", \"%ss\",\n" typ;
         pr "	       \"-o\", lvm_%s_cols, \"--unbuffered\", \"--noheadings\",\n" typ;
         pr "	       \"--nosuffix\", \"--separator\", \",\", \"--units\", \"b\", NULL);\n";
         pr "  if (r == -1) {\n";
@@ -6155,6 +6467,19 @@ static void print_table (char const *const *argv)
 }
 */
 
+static int
+is_available (const char *group)
+{
+  const char *groups[] = { group, NULL };
+  int r;
+
+  suppress_error = 1;
+  r = guestfs_available (g, (char **) groups);
+  suppress_error = 0;
+
+  return r == 0;
+}
+
 ";
 
   (* Generate a list of commands which are not tested anywhere. *)
@@ -6166,7 +6491,7 @@ static void print_table (char const *const *argv)
     fun (_, _, _, _, tests, _, _) ->
       let tests = filter_map (
         function
-        | (_, (Always|If _|Unless _), test) -> Some test
+        | (_, (Always|If _|Unless _|IfAvailable _), test) -> Some test
         | (_, Disabled, _) -> None
       ) tests in
       let seq = List.concat (List.map seq_of_test tests) in
@@ -6308,14 +6633,14 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 
+  /* Set a timeout in case qemu hangs during launch (RHBZ#505329). */
+  alarm (600);
+
   if (guestfs_launch (g) == -1) {
     printf (\"guestfs_launch FAILED\\n\");
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 
-  /* Set a timeout in case qemu hangs during launch (RHBZ#505329). */
-  alarm (600);
-
   /* Cancel previous alarm. */
   alarm (0);
 
@@ -6326,6 +6651,8 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
   iteri (
     fun i test_name ->
       pr "  test_num++;\n";
+      pr "  if (guestfs_get_verbose (g))\n";
+      pr "    printf (\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\\n\");\n";
       pr "  printf (\"%%3d/%%3d %s\\n\", test_num, nr_tests);\n" test_name;
       pr "  if (%s () == -1) {\n" test_name;
       pr "    printf (\"%s FAILED\\n\");\n" test_name;
@@ -6370,7 +6697,7 @@ static int %s_skip (void)
 " test_name name (String.uppercase test_name) (String.uppercase name);
 
   (match prereq with
-   | Disabled | Always -> ()
+   | Disabled | Always | IfAvailable _ -> ()
    | If code | Unless code ->
        pr "static int %s_prereq (void)\n" test_name;
        pr "{\n";
@@ -6395,16 +6722,9 @@ static int %s (void)
   List.iter (
     function
     | Optional group ->
-        pr "  {\n";
-        pr "    const char *groups[] = { \"%s\", NULL };\n" group;
-        pr "    int r;\n";
-        pr "    suppress_error = 1;\n";
-        pr "    r = guestfs_available (g, (char **) groups);\n";
-        pr "    suppress_error = 0;\n";
-        pr "    if (r == -1) {\n";
-        pr "      printf (\"        %%s skipped (reason: group %%s not available in daemon)\\n\", \"%s\", groups[0]);\n" test_name;
-        pr "      return 0;\n";
-        pr "    }\n";
+        pr "  if (!is_available (\"%s\")) {\n" group;
+        pr "    printf (\"        %%s skipped (reason: group %%s not available in daemon)\\n\", \"%s\", \"%s\");\n" test_name group;
+        pr "    return 0;\n";
         pr "  }\n";
     | _ -> ()
   ) flags;
@@ -6426,6 +6746,13 @@ static int %s (void)
        pr "  }\n";
        pr "\n";
        generate_one_test_body name i test_name init test;
+   | IfAvailable group ->
+       pr "  if (!is_available (\"%s\")) {\n" group;
+       pr "    printf (\"        %%s skipped (reason: %%s not available)\\n\", \"%s\", \"%s\");\n" test_name group;
+       pr "    return 0;\n";
+       pr "  }\n";
+       pr "\n";
+       generate_one_test_body name i test_name init test;
    | Always ->
        generate_one_test_body name i test_name init test
   );
@@ -6463,7 +6790,7 @@ and generate_one_test_body name i test_name init test =
           ["lvm_remove_all"];
           ["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
           ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
-          ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"]]
+          ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"]]
    | InitBasicFSonLVM ->
        pr "  /* InitBasicFSonLVM for %s: create ext2 on /dev/VG/LV */\n"
          test_name;
@@ -6476,7 +6803,7 @@ and generate_one_test_body name i test_name init test =
           ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
           ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "8"];
           ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
-          ["mount"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"]]
+          ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"]]
    | InitISOFS ->
        pr "  /* InitISOFS for %s */\n" test_name;
        List.iter (generate_test_command_call test_name)
@@ -6743,7 +7070,7 @@ and generate_test_command_call ?(expect_error = false) ?test test_name cmd =
         | Bool _, _
         | FileIn _, _ | FileOut _, _ -> ()
         | StringList n, "" | DeviceList n, "" ->
-	    pr "    const char *const %s[1] = { NULL };\n" n
+            pr "    const char *const %s[1] = { NULL };\n" n
         | StringList n, arg | DeviceList n, arg ->
             let strs = string_split " " arg in
             iteri (
@@ -6896,7 +7223,7 @@ and generate_fish_cmds () =
   pr "\n";
 
   (* display_command function, which implements guestfish -h cmd *)
-  pr "void display_command (const char *cmd)\n";
+  pr "int display_command (const char *cmd)\n";
   pr "{\n";
   List.iter (
     fun (name, style, _, flags, _, shortdesc, longdesc) ->
@@ -6944,15 +7271,17 @@ and generate_fish_cmds () =
         pr " || STRCASEEQ (cmd, \"%s\")" name2;
       if name <> alias then
         pr " || STRCASEEQ (cmd, \"%s\")" alias;
-      pr ")\n";
+      pr ") {\n";
       pr "    pod2text (\"%s\", _(\"%s\"), %S);\n"
         name2 shortdesc
         ("=head1 SYNOPSIS\n\n " ^ synopsis ^ "\n\n" ^
          "=head1 DESCRIPTION\n\n" ^
          longdesc ^ warnings ^ describe_alias);
+      pr "    return 0;\n";
+      pr "  }\n";
       pr "  else\n"
   ) all_functions;
-  pr "    display_builtin_command (cmd);\n";
+  pr "    return display_builtin_command (cmd);\n";
   pr "}\n";
   pr "\n";
 
@@ -7146,7 +7475,7 @@ and generate_fish_cmds () =
                 and comment =
                   "The Int type in the generator is a signed 31 bit int." in
                 Some (min, max, comment) in
-              parse_integer "xstrtol" "long" "int" range name i
+              parse_integer "xstrtoll" "long long" "int" range name i
           | Int64 name ->
               parse_integer "xstrtoll" "long long" "int64_t" None name i
       ) (snd style);
@@ -7252,6 +7581,8 @@ and generate_fish_cmds () =
   ) all_functions;
   pr "    {\n";
   pr "      fprintf (stderr, _(\"%%s: unknown command\\n\"), cmd);\n";
+  pr "      if (command_num == 1)\n";
+  pr "        extended_help_message ();\n";
   pr "      return -1;\n";
   pr "    }\n";
   pr "  return 0;\n";
@@ -7330,7 +7661,16 @@ generator (const char *text, int state)
 
 #endif /* HAVE_LIBREADLINE */
 
-char **do_completion (const char *text, int start, int end)
+#ifdef HAVE_RL_COMPLETION_MATCHES
+#define RL_COMPLETION_MATCHES rl_completion_matches
+#else
+#ifdef HAVE_COMPLETION_MATCHES
+#define RL_COMPLETION_MATCHES completion_matches
+#endif
+#endif /* else just fail if we don't have either symbol */
+
+char **
+do_completion (const char *text, int start, int end)
 {
   char **matches = NULL;
 
@@ -7338,9 +7678,9 @@ char **do_completion (const char *text, int start, int end)
   rl_completion_append_character = ' ';
 
   if (start == 0)
-    matches = rl_completion_matches (text, generator);
+    matches = RL_COMPLETION_MATCHES (text, generator);
   else if (complete_dest_paths)
-    matches = rl_completion_matches (text, complete_dest_paths_generator);
+    matches = RL_COMPLETION_MATCHES (text, complete_dest_paths_generator);
 #endif
 
   return matches;
@@ -7584,7 +7924,7 @@ and generate_ocaml_c () =
 #include <caml/mlvalues.h>
 #include <caml/signals.h>
 
-#include <guestfs.h>
+#include \"guestfs.h\"
 
 #include \"guestfs_c.h\"
 
@@ -7752,11 +8092,12 @@ copy_table (char * const * argv)
         | String n
         | FileIn n
         | FileOut n ->
-            pr "  const char *%s = String_val (%sv);\n" n n
+            (* Copy strings in case the GC moves them: RHBZ#604691 *)
+            pr "  char *%s = guestfs_safe_strdup (g, String_val (%sv));\n" n n
         | OptString n ->
-            pr "  const char *%s =\n" n;
-            pr "    %sv != Val_int (0) ? String_val (Field (%sv, 0)) : NULL;\n"
-              n n
+            pr "  char *%s =\n" n;
+            pr "    %sv != Val_int (0) ?" n;
+            pr "      guestfs_safe_strdup (g, String_val (Field (%sv, 0))) : NULL;\n" n
         | StringList n | DeviceList n ->
             pr "  char **%s = ocaml_guestfs_strings_val (g, %sv);\n" n n
         | Bool n ->
@@ -7799,13 +8140,15 @@ copy_table (char * const * argv)
       pr ";\n";
       pr "  caml_leave_blocking_section ();\n";
 
+      (* Free strings if we copied them above. *)
       List.iter (
         function
+        | Pathname n | Device n | Dev_or_Path n | String n | OptString n
+        | FileIn n | FileOut n ->
+            pr "  free (%s);\n" n
         | StringList n | DeviceList n ->
             pr "  ocaml_guestfs_free_strings (%s);\n" n;
-        | Pathname _ | Device _ | Dev_or_Path _ | String _ | OptString _
-        | Bool _ | Int _ | Int64 _
-        | FileIn _ | FileOut _ -> ()
+        | Bool _ | Int _ | Int64 _ -> ()
       ) (snd style);
 
       pr "  if (r == %s)\n" error_code;
@@ -8072,7 +8415,7 @@ DESTROY (g)
            pr ";\n";
            do_cleanups ();
            pr "      if (r == -1)\n";
-           pr "        croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+           pr "        croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
        | RInt n
        | RBool n ->
            pr "PREINIT:\n";
@@ -8083,7 +8426,7 @@ DESTROY (g)
            pr ";\n";
            do_cleanups ();
            pr "      if (%s == -1)\n" n;
-           pr "        croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+           pr "        croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
            pr "      RETVAL = newSViv (%s);\n" n;
            pr " OUTPUT:\n";
            pr "      RETVAL\n"
@@ -8096,7 +8439,7 @@ DESTROY (g)
            pr ";\n";
            do_cleanups ();
            pr "      if (%s == -1)\n" n;
-           pr "        croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+           pr "        croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
            pr "      RETVAL = my_newSVll (%s);\n" n;
            pr " OUTPUT:\n";
            pr "      RETVAL\n"
@@ -8109,7 +8452,7 @@ DESTROY (g)
            pr ";\n";
            do_cleanups ();
            pr "      if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
-           pr "        croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+           pr "        croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
            pr "      RETVAL = newSVpv (%s, 0);\n" n;
            pr " OUTPUT:\n";
            pr "      RETVAL\n"
@@ -8136,7 +8479,7 @@ DESTROY (g)
            pr ";\n";
            do_cleanups ();
            pr "      if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
-           pr "        croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+           pr "        croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
            pr "      RETVAL = newSVpv (%s, 0);\n" n;
            pr "      free (%s);\n" n;
            pr " OUTPUT:\n";
@@ -8151,7 +8494,7 @@ DESTROY (g)
            pr ";\n";
            do_cleanups ();
            pr "      if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
-           pr "        croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+           pr "        croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
            pr "      for (n = 0; %s[n] != NULL; ++n) /**/;\n" n;
            pr "      EXTEND (SP, n);\n";
            pr "      for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {\n";
@@ -8175,8 +8518,8 @@ DESTROY (g)
            pr ";\n";
            do_cleanups ();
            pr "      if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
-           pr "        croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
-           pr "      RETVAL = newSVpv (%s, size);\n" n;
+           pr "        croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
+           pr "      RETVAL = newSVpvn (%s, size);\n" n;
            pr "      free (%s);\n" n;
            pr " OUTPUT:\n";
            pr "      RETVAL\n"
@@ -8196,7 +8539,7 @@ and generate_perl_struct_list_code typ cols name style n do_cleanups =
   pr ";\n";
   do_cleanups ();
   pr "      if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
-  pr "        croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+  pr "        croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
   pr "      EXTEND (SP, %s->len);\n" n;
   pr "      for (i = 0; i < %s->len; ++i) {\n" n;
   pr "        hv = newHV ();\n";
@@ -8209,7 +8552,7 @@ and generate_perl_struct_list_code typ cols name style n do_cleanups =
         pr "        (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, newSVpv (%s->val[i].%s, 32), 0);\n"
           name (String.length name) n name
     | name, FBuffer ->
-        pr "        (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, newSVpv (%s->val[i].%s, %s->val[i].%s_len), 0);\n"
+        pr "        (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, newSVpvn (%s->val[i].%s, %s->val[i].%s_len), 0);\n"
           name (String.length name) n name n name
     | name, (FBytes|FUInt64) ->
         pr "        (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, my_newSVull (%s->val[i].%s), 0);\n"
@@ -8240,7 +8583,7 @@ and generate_perl_struct_code typ cols name style n do_cleanups =
   pr ";\n";
   do_cleanups ();
   pr "      if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
-  pr "        croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+  pr "        croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
   pr "      EXTEND (SP, 2 * %d);\n" (List.length cols);
   List.iter (
     fun ((name, _) as col) ->
@@ -8251,7 +8594,7 @@ and generate_perl_struct_code typ cols name style n do_cleanups =
           pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVpv (%s->%s, 0)));\n"
             n name
       | name, FBuffer ->
-          pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVpv (%s->%s, %s->%s_len)));\n"
+          pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVpvn (%s->%s, %s->%s_len)));\n"
             n name n name
       | name, FUUID ->
           pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVpv (%s->%s, 32)));\n"
@@ -8316,7 +8659,8 @@ schemes, qcow, qcow2, vmdk.
 
 Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions,
 LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.).  It can also run commands
-in the context of the guest.  Also you can access filesystems over FTP.
+in the context of the guest.  Also you can access filesystems over
+FUSE.
 
 See also L<Sys::Guestfs::Lib(3)> for a set of useful library
 functions for using libguestfs from Perl, including integration
@@ -8853,7 +9197,8 @@ schemes, qcow, qcow2, vmdk.
 
 Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions,
 LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.).  It can also run commands
-in the context of the guest.  Also you can access filesystems over FTP.
+in the context of the guest.  Also you can access filesystems over
+FUSE.
 
 Errors which happen while using the API are turned into Python
 RuntimeError exceptions.
@@ -10146,96 +10491,96 @@ namespace Guestfs
   List.iter (
     fun (name, style, _, _, _, shortdesc, _) ->
       let rec csharp_return_type () =
-	match fst style with
-	| RErr -> "void"
-	| RBool n -> "bool"
-	| RInt n -> "int"
-	| RInt64 n -> "long"
-	| RConstString n
-	| RConstOptString n
-	| RString n
-	| RBufferOut n -> "string"
-	| RStruct (_,n) -> "_" ^ n
-	| RHashtable n -> "Hashtable"
-	| RStringList n -> "string[]"
-	| RStructList (_,n) -> sprintf "_%s[]" n
+        match fst style with
+        | RErr -> "void"
+        | RBool n -> "bool"
+        | RInt n -> "int"
+        | RInt64 n -> "long"
+        | RConstString n
+        | RConstOptString n
+        | RString n
+        | RBufferOut n -> "string"
+        | RStruct (_,n) -> "_" ^ n
+        | RHashtable n -> "Hashtable"
+        | RStringList n -> "string[]"
+        | RStructList (_,n) -> sprintf "_%s[]" n
 
       and c_return_type () =
-	match fst style with
-	| RErr
-	| RBool _
-	| RInt _ -> "int"
-	| RInt64 _ -> "long"
-	| RConstString _
-	| RConstOptString _
-	| RString _
-	| RBufferOut _ -> "string"
-	| RStruct (_,n) -> "_" ^ n
-	| RHashtable _
-	| RStringList _ -> "string[]"
-	| RStructList (_,n) -> sprintf "_%s[]" n
-    
+        match fst style with
+        | RErr
+        | RBool _
+        | RInt _ -> "int"
+        | RInt64 _ -> "long"
+        | RConstString _
+        | RConstOptString _
+        | RString _
+        | RBufferOut _ -> "string"
+        | RStruct (_,n) -> "_" ^ n
+        | RHashtable _
+        | RStringList _ -> "string[]"
+        | RStructList (_,n) -> sprintf "_%s[]" n
+
       and c_error_comparison () =
-	match fst style with
-	| RErr
-	| RBool _
-	| RInt _
-	| RInt64 _ -> "== -1"
-	| RConstString _
-	| RConstOptString _
-	| RString _
-	| RBufferOut _
-	| RStruct (_,_)
-	| RHashtable _
-	| RStringList _
-	| RStructList (_,_) -> "== null"
-    
+        match fst style with
+        | RErr
+        | RBool _
+        | RInt _
+        | RInt64 _ -> "== -1"
+        | RConstString _
+        | RConstOptString _
+        | RString _
+        | RBufferOut _
+        | RStruct (_,_)
+        | RHashtable _
+        | RStringList _
+        | RStructList (_,_) -> "== null"
+
       and generate_extern_prototype () =
-	pr "    static extern %s guestfs_%s (IntPtr h"
-	  (c_return_type ()) name;
-	List.iter (
-	  function
-	  | Pathname n | Device n | Dev_or_Path n | String n | OptString n
-	  | FileIn n | FileOut n ->
+        pr "    static extern %s guestfs_%s (IntPtr h"
+          (c_return_type ()) name;
+        List.iter (
+          function
+          | Pathname n | Device n | Dev_or_Path n | String n | OptString n
+          | FileIn n | FileOut n ->
               pr ", [In] string %s" n
-	  | StringList n | DeviceList n ->
+          | StringList n | DeviceList n ->
               pr ", [In] string[] %s" n
-	  | Bool n ->
-	      pr ", bool %s" n
-	  | Int n ->
-	      pr ", int %s" n
-	  | Int64 n ->
-	      pr ", long %s" n
-	) (snd style);
-	pr ");\n"
+          | Bool n ->
+              pr ", bool %s" n
+          | Int n ->
+              pr ", int %s" n
+          | Int64 n ->
+              pr ", long %s" n
+        ) (snd style);
+        pr ");\n"
 
       and generate_public_prototype () =
-	pr "    public %s %s (" (csharp_return_type ()) name;
-	let comma = ref false in
-	let next () =
-	  if !comma then pr ", ";
-	  comma := true
-	in
-	List.iter (
-	  function
-	  | Pathname n | Device n | Dev_or_Path n | String n | OptString n
-	  | FileIn n | FileOut n ->
+        pr "    public %s %s (" (csharp_return_type ()) name;
+        let comma = ref false in
+        let next () =
+          if !comma then pr ", ";
+          comma := true
+        in
+        List.iter (
+          function
+          | Pathname n | Device n | Dev_or_Path n | String n | OptString n
+          | FileIn n | FileOut n ->
               next (); pr "string %s" n
-	  | StringList n | DeviceList n ->
+          | StringList n | DeviceList n ->
               next (); pr "string[] %s" n
-	  | Bool n ->
-	      next (); pr "bool %s" n
-	  | Int n ->
-	      next (); pr "int %s" n
-	  | Int64 n ->
-	      next (); pr "long %s" n
-	) (snd style);
-	pr ")\n"
+          | Bool n ->
+              next (); pr "bool %s" n
+          | Int n ->
+              next (); pr "int %s" n
+          | Int64 n ->
+              next (); pr "long %s" n
+        ) (snd style);
+        pr ")\n"
 
       and generate_call () =
-	pr "guestfs_%s (_handle" name;
-	List.iter (fun arg -> pr ", %s" (name_of_argt arg)) (snd style);
-	pr ");\n";
+        pr "guestfs_%s (_handle" name;
+        List.iter (fun arg -> pr ", %s" (name_of_argt arg)) (snd style);
+        pr ");\n";
       in
 
       pr "    [DllImport (\"%s\")]\n" library;
@@ -10250,8 +10595,7 @@ namespace Guestfs
       pr "      r = ";
       generate_call ();
       pr "      if (r %s)\n" (c_error_comparison ());
-      pr "        throw new Error (\"%s: \" + guestfs_last_error (_handle));\n"
-        name;
+      pr "        throw new Error (guestfs_last_error (_handle));\n";
       (match fst style with
        | RErr -> ()
        | RBool _ ->