Implement 'strings' and 'hexdump' commands.

[libguestfs.git] / python / guestfs.py

diff --git a/python/guestfs.py b/python/guestfs.py
index 6c425bc..3db9ac0 100644 (file)
--- a/python/guestfs.py
+++ b/python/guestfs.py
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ class GuestFS:
 
     def mkfs (self, fstype, device):
         u"""This creates a filesystem on "device" (usually a
-        partition of LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is
+        partition or LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is
         "fstype", for example "ext3".
         """
         return libguestfsmod.mkfs (self._o, fstype, device)
@@ -1221,3 +1221,33 @@ class GuestFS:
         """
         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)
+
+    def equal (self, file1, file2):
+        u"""This compares the two files "file1" and "file2" and
+        returns true if their content is exactly equal, or false
+        otherwise.
+        
+        The external cmp(1) program is used for the comparison.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.equal (self._o, file1, file2)
+