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diff --git a/guestfish-actions.pod b/guestfish-actions.pod
index 8ced2e1..e635e54 100644 (file)
--- a/guestfish-actions.pod
+++ b/guestfish-actions.pod
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ for whatever operations you want to perform (ie. read access if you
 just want to read the image or write access if you want to modify the
 image).
 
-This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-drive file=filename,cache=off>.
+This is equivalent to the qemu parameter
+C<-drive file=filename,cache=off,if=virtio>.
 
 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>.  This
 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ 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>.
+C<-drive file=filename,snapshot=on,if=virtio>.
 
 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>.  This
 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
@@ -1234,6 +1235,20 @@ Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
 as end of line).  For those you need to use the C<read-file>
 function which has a more complex interface.
 
+=head2 readdir
+
+ readdir dir
+
+This returns the list of directory entries in directory C<dir>.
+
+All entries in the directory are returned, including C<.> and
+C<..>.  The entries are I<not> sorted, but returned in the same
+order as the underlying filesystem.
+
+This function is primarily intended for use by programs.  To
+get a simple list of names, use C<ls>.  To get a printable
+directory for human consumption, use C<ll>.
+
 =head2 resize2fs
 
  resize2fs device
@@ -1665,6 +1680,10 @@ with permissions like "-rw-r--r--" or "-rwxr-xr-x", and
 C<002> which creates new files with permissions like
 "-rw-rw-r--" or "-rwxrwxr-x".
 
+The default umask is C<022>.  This is important because it
+means that directories and device nodes will be created with
+C<0644> or C<0755> mode even if you specify C<0777>.
+
 See also L<umask(2)>, C<mknod>, C<mkdir>.
 
 This call returns the previous umask.