+=head2 guestfs_cat
+
+ char *guestfs_cat (guestfs_h *handle,
+ const char *path);
+
+Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
+
+Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
+(specifically, files containing C<\0> character which is treated
+as end of string). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
+function which has a more complex interface.
+
+This function returns a string or NULL on error.
+I<The caller must free the returned string after use>.
+
+Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit
+of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files you should use
+FTP.
+
+=head2 guestfs_list_devices
+
+ char **guestfs_list_devices (guestfs_h *handle);
+
+List all the block devices.
+
+The full block device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda>
+
+
+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_list_partitions
+
+ char **guestfs_list_partitions (guestfs_h *handle);
+
+List all the partitions detected on all block devices.
+
+The full partition device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda1>
+
+This does not return logical volumes. For that you will need to
+call C<guestfs_lvs>.
+
+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_ll
+
+ char *guestfs_ll (guestfs_h *handle,
+ const char *directory);
+
+List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
+there is no cwd) in the format of 'ls -la'.
+
+This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
+is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
+
+This function returns a string or NULL on error.
+I<The caller must free the returned string after use>.
+
+=head2 guestfs_ls
+
+ char **guestfs_ls (guestfs_h *handle,
+ const char *directory);
+
+List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
+there is no cwd). The '.' and '..' entries are not returned, but
+hidden files are shown.
+
+This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. Programs
+should probably use C<guestfs_readdir> instead.
+
+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>.
+