Generated code for ping-daemon command.

[libguestfs.git] / python / guestfs.py

diff --git a/python/guestfs.py b/python/guestfs.py
index 291af5d..1596bcd 100644 (file)
--- a/python/guestfs.py
+++ b/python/guestfs.py
@@ -1208,3 +1208,37 @@ class GuestFS:
         """
         return libguestfsmod.mv (self._o, src, dest)
 
+    def drop_caches (self, whattodrop):
+        u"""This instructs the guest kernel to drop its page cache,
+        and/or dentries and inode caches. The parameter
+        "whattodrop" tells the kernel what precisely to drop,
+        see <http://linux-mm.org/Drop_Caches>
+        
+        Setting "whattodrop" to 3 should drop everything.
+        
+        This automatically calls sync(2) before the operation,
+        so that the maximum guest memory is freed.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.drop_caches (self._o, whattodrop)
+
+    def dmesg (self):
+        u"""This returns the kernel messages ("dmesg" output) from
+        the guest kernel. This is sometimes useful for extended
+        debugging of problems.
+        
+        Another way to get the same information is to enable
+        verbose messages with "g.set_verbose" or by setting the
+        environment variable "LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1" before running
+        the program.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.dmesg (self._o)
+
+    def ping_daemon (self):
+        u"""This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running
+        inside the qemu subprocess. Calling this function checks
+        that the daemon responds to the ping message, without
+        affecting the daemon or attached block device(s) in any
+        other way.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.ping_daemon (self._o)
+