Added 'equal' command to compare files.

[libguestfs.git] / src / generator.ml

diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml
index 2ffe19d..7d21065 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/generator.ml
+++ b/src/generator.ml
@@ -1752,6 +1752,48 @@ Setting C<whattodrop> to 3 should drop everything.
 This automatically calls L<sync(2)> before the operation,
 so that the maximum guest memory is freed.");
 
+  ("dmesg", (RString "kmsgs", []), 91, [],
+   [InitEmpty, TestRun (
+      [["dmesg"]])],
+   "return kernel messages",
+   "\
+This returns the kernel messages (C<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 C<guestfs_set_verbose> or by setting
+the environment variable C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> before
+running the program.");
+
+  ("ping_daemon", (RErr, []), 92, [],
+   [InitEmpty, TestRun (
+      [["ping_daemon"]])],
+   "ping the guest daemon",
+   "\
+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.");
+
+  ("equal", (RBool "equality", [String "file1"; String "file2"]), 93, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, TestOutputTrue (
+      [["write_file"; "/file1"; "contents of a file"; "0"];
+       ["cp"; "/file1"; "/file2"];
+       ["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]]);
+    InitBasicFS, TestOutputFalse (
+      [["write_file"; "/file1"; "contents of a file"; "0"];
+       ["write_file"; "/file2"; "contents of another file"; "0"];
+       ["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]]);
+    InitBasicFS, TestLastFail (
+      [["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]])],
+   "test if two files have equal contents",
+   "\
+This compares the two files C<file1> and C<file2> and returns
+true if their content is exactly equal, or false otherwise.
+
+The external L<cmp(1)> program is used for the comparison.");
+
 ]
 
 let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions