+see the L<pread(2)> system call.
+
+See also C<guestfs_pwrite>.");
+
+ ("part_init", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "parttype"]), 208, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"]])],
+ "create an empty partition table",
+ "\
+This creates an empty partition table on C<device> of one of the
+partition types listed below. Usually C<parttype> should be
+either C<msdos> or C<gpt> (for large disks).
+
+Initially there are no partitions. Following this, you should
+call C<guestfs_part_add> for each partition required.
+
+Possible values for C<parttype> are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<efi> | B<gpt>
+
+Intel EFI / GPT partition table.
+
+This is recommended for >= 2 TB partitions that will be accessed
+from Linux and Intel-based Mac OS X. It also has limited backwards
+compatibility with the C<mbr> format.
+
+=item B<mbr> | B<msdos>
+
+The standard PC \"Master Boot Record\" (MBR) format used
+by MS-DOS and Windows. This partition type will B<only> work
+for device sizes up to 2 TB. For large disks we recommend
+using C<gpt>.
+
+=back
+
+Other partition table types that may work but are not
+supported include:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<aix>
+
+AIX disk labels.
+
+=item B<amiga> | B<rdb>
+
+Amiga \"Rigid Disk Block\" format.
+
+=item B<bsd>
+
+BSD disk labels.
+
+=item B<dasd>
+
+DASD, used on IBM mainframes.
+
+=item B<dvh>
+
+MIPS/SGI volumes.
+
+=item B<mac>
+
+Old Mac partition format. Modern Macs use C<gpt>.
+
+=item B<pc98>
+
+NEC PC-98 format, common in Japan apparently.
+
+=item B<sun>
+
+Sun disk labels.
+
+=back");
+
+ ("part_add", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "prlogex"; Int64 "startsect"; Int64 "endsect"]), 209, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"]]);
+ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "34"; "127"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "128"; "-34"]]);
+ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "32"; "127"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "128"; "255"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "256"; "511"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "512"; "-1"]])],
+ "add a partition to the device",
+ "\
+This command adds a partition to C<device>. If there is no partition
+table on the device, call C<guestfs_part_init> first.
+
+The C<prlogex> parameter is the type of partition. Normally you
+should pass C<p> or C<primary> here, but MBR partition tables also
+support C<l> (or C<logical>) and C<e> (or C<extended>) partition
+types.
+
+C<startsect> and C<endsect> are the start and end of the partition
+in I<sectors>. C<endsect> may be negative, which means it counts
+backwards from the end of the disk (C<-1> is the last sector).
+
+Creating a partition which covers the whole disk is not so easy.
+Use C<guestfs_part_disk> to do that.");
+
+ ("part_disk", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "parttype"]), 210, [DangerWillRobinson],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"]]);
+ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"]])],
+ "partition whole disk with a single primary partition",
+ "\
+This command is simply a combination of C<guestfs_part_init>
+followed by C<guestfs_part_add> to create a single primary partition
+covering the whole disk.
+
+C<parttype> is the partition table type, usually C<mbr> or C<gpt>,
+but other possible values are described in C<guestfs_part_init>.");
+
+ ("part_set_bootable", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; Bool "bootable"]), 211, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_set_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "true"]])],
+ "make a partition bootable",
+ "\
+This sets the bootable flag on partition numbered C<partnum> on
+device C<device>. Note that partitions are numbered from 1.
+
+The bootable flag is used by some operating systems (notably
+Windows) to determine which partition to boot from. It is by
+no means universally recognized.");
+
+ ("part_set_name", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; String "name"]), 212, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
+ ["part_set_name"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "thepartname"]])],
+ "set partition name",
+ "\
+This sets the partition name on partition numbered C<partnum> on
+device C<device>. Note that partitions are numbered from 1.
+
+The partition name can only be set on certain types of partition
+table. This works on C<gpt> but not on C<mbr> partitions.");
+
+ ("part_list", (RStructList ("partitions", "partition"), [Device "device"]), 213, [],
+ [], (* XXX Add a regression test for this. *)
+ "list partitions on a device",
+ "\
+This command parses the partition table on C<device> and
+returns the list of partitions found.
+
+The fields in the returned structure are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<part_num>
+
+Partition number, counting from 1.
+
+=item B<part_start>
+
+Start of the partition I<in bytes>. To get sectors you have to
+divide by the device's sector size, see C<guestfs_blockdev_getss>.
+
+=item B<part_end>
+
+End of the partition in bytes.
+
+=item B<part_size>
+
+Size of the partition in bytes.
+
+=back");
+
+ ("part_get_parttype", (RString "parttype", [Device "device"]), 214, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
+ ["part_get_parttype"; "/dev/sda"]], "gpt")],
+ "get the partition table type",
+ "\
+This command examines the partition table on C<device> and
+returns the partition table type (format) being used.
+
+Common return values include: C<msdos> (a DOS/Windows style MBR
+partition table), C<gpt> (a GPT/EFI-style partition table). Other
+values are possible, although unusual. See C<guestfs_part_init>
+for a full list.");
+
+ ("fill", (RErr, [Int "c"; Int "len"; Pathname "path"]), 215, [Progress],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["fill"; "0x63"; "10"; "/test"];
+ ["read_file"; "/test"]], "cccccccccc")],
+ "fill a file with octets",
+ "\
+This command creates a new file called C<path>. The initial
+content of the file is C<len> octets of C<c>, where C<c>
+must be a number in the range C<[0..255]>.
+
+To fill a file with zero bytes (sparsely), it is
+much more efficient to use C<guestfs_truncate_size>.
+To create a file with a pattern of repeating bytes
+use C<guestfs_fill_pattern>.");
+
+ ("available", (RErr, [StringList "groups"]), 216, [],
+ [InitNone, Always, TestRun [["available"; ""]]],
+ "test availability of some parts of the API",
+ "\
+This command is used to check the availability of some
+groups of functionality in the appliance, which not all builds of
+the libguestfs appliance will be able to provide.
+
+The libguestfs groups, and the functions that those
+groups correspond to, are listed in L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.
+You can also fetch this list at runtime by calling
+C<guestfs_available_all_groups>.
+
+The argument C<groups> is a list of group names, eg:
+C<[\"inotify\", \"augeas\"]> would check for the availability of
+the Linux inotify functions and Augeas (configuration file
+editing) functions.
+
+The command returns no error if I<all> requested groups are available.
+
+It fails with an error if one or more of the requested
+groups is unavailable in the appliance.
+
+If an unknown group name is included in the
+list of groups then an error is always returned.
+
+I<Notes:>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+You must call C<guestfs_launch> before calling this function.
+
+The reason is because we don't know what groups are
+supported by the appliance/daemon until it is running and can
+be queried.
+
+=item *
+
+If a group of functions is available, this does not necessarily
+mean that they will work. You still have to check for errors
+when calling individual API functions even if they are
+available.
+
+=item *
+
+It is usually the job of distro packagers to build
+complete functionality into the libguestfs appliance.
+Upstream libguestfs, if built from source with all
+requirements satisfied, will support everything.
+
+=item *
+
+This call was added in version C<1.0.80>. In previous
+versions of libguestfs all you could do would be to speculatively
+execute a command to find out if the daemon implemented it.
+See also C<guestfs_version>.
+
+=back");
+
+ ("dd", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "src"; Dev_or_Path "dest"]), 217, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["write"; "/src"; "hello, world"];
+ ["dd"; "/src"; "/dest"];
+ ["read_file"; "/dest"]], "hello, world")],
+ "copy from source to destination using dd",
+ "\
+This command copies from one source device or file C<src>
+to another destination device or file C<dest>. Normally you
+would use this to copy to or from a device or partition, for
+example to duplicate a filesystem.
+
+If the destination is a device, it must be as large or larger
+than the source file or device, otherwise the copy will fail.
+This command cannot do partial copies (see C<guestfs_copy_size>).");
+
+ ("filesize", (RInt64 "size", [Pathname "file"]), 218, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
+ [["write"; "/file"; "hello, world"];
+ ["filesize"; "/file"]], 12)],
+ "return the size of the file in bytes",
+ "\
+This command returns the size of C<file> in bytes.
+
+To get other stats about a file, use C<guestfs_stat>, C<guestfs_lstat>,
+C<guestfs_is_dir>, C<guestfs_is_file> etc.
+To get the size of block devices, use C<guestfs_blockdev_getsize64>.");
+
+ ("lvrename", (RErr, [String "logvol"; String "newlogvol"]), 219, [],
+ [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
+ [["lvrename"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/dev/VG/LV2"];
+ ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV2"])],
+ "rename an LVM logical volume",
+ "\
+Rename a logical volume C<logvol> with the new name C<newlogvol>.");
+
+ ("vgrename", (RErr, [String "volgroup"; String "newvolgroup"]), 220, [],
+ [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
+ [["umount"; "/"];
+ ["vg_activate"; "false"; "VG"];
+ ["vgrename"; "VG"; "VG2"];
+ ["vg_activate"; "true"; "VG2"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG2/LV"; "/"];
+ ["vgs"]], ["VG2"])],
+ "rename an LVM volume group",
+ "\
+Rename a volume group C<volgroup> with the new name C<newvolgroup>.");
+
+ ("initrd_cat", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "initrdpath"; String "filename"]), 221, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+ [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["initrd_cat"; "/initrd"; "known-4"]], "abc\ndef\nghi")],
+ "list the contents of a single file in an initrd",
+ "\
+This command unpacks the file C<filename> from the initrd file
+called C<initrdpath>. The filename must be given I<without> the
+initial C</> character.
+
+For example, in guestfish you could use the following command
+to examine the boot script (usually called C</init>)
+contained in a Linux initrd or initramfs image:
+
+ initrd-cat /boot/initrd-<version>.img init
+
+See also C<guestfs_initrd_list>.");
+
+ ("pvuuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"]), 222, [],
+ [],
+ "get the UUID of a physical volume",
+ "\
+This command returns the UUID of the LVM PV C<device>.");
+
+ ("vguuid", (RString "uuid", [String "vgname"]), 223, [],
+ [],
+ "get the UUID of a volume group",
+ "\
+This command returns the UUID of the LVM VG named C<vgname>.");
+
+ ("lvuuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"]), 224, [],
+ [],
+ "get the UUID of a logical volume",
+ "\
+This command returns the UUID of the LVM LV C<device>.");
+
+ ("vgpvuuids", (RStringList "uuids", [String "vgname"]), 225, [],
+ [],
+ "get the PV UUIDs containing the volume group",
+ "\
+Given a VG called C<vgname>, this returns the UUIDs of all
+the physical volumes that this volume group resides on.
+
+You can use this along with C<guestfs_pvs> and C<guestfs_pvuuid>
+calls to associate physical volumes and volume groups.
+
+See also C<guestfs_vglvuuids>.");
+
+ ("vglvuuids", (RStringList "uuids", [String "vgname"]), 226, [],
+ [],
+ "get the LV UUIDs of all LVs in the volume group",
+ "\
+Given a VG called C<vgname>, this returns the UUIDs of all
+the logical volumes created in this volume group.
+
+You can use this along with C<guestfs_lvs> and C<guestfs_lvuuid>
+calls to associate logical volumes and volume groups.
+
+See also C<guestfs_vgpvuuids>.");
+
+ ("copy_size", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "src"; Dev_or_Path "dest"; Int64 "size"]), 227, [Progress],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["write"; "/src"; "hello, world"];
+ ["copy_size"; "/src"; "/dest"; "5"];
+ ["read_file"; "/dest"]], "hello")],
+ "copy size bytes from source to destination using dd",
+ "\
+This command copies exactly C<size> bytes from one source device
+or file C<src> to another destination device or file C<dest>.
+
+Note this will fail if the source is too short or if the destination
+is not large enough.");
+
+ ("zero_device", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 228, [DangerWillRobinson; Progress],
+ [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestRun (
+ [["zero_device"; "/dev/VG/LV"]])],
+ "write zeroes to an entire device",
+ "\
+This command writes zeroes over the entire C<device>. Compare
+with C<guestfs_zero> which just zeroes the first few blocks of
+a device.");
+
+ ("txz_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarball"; Pathname "directory"]), 229, [Optional "xz"],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["txz_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar.xz"; "/"];
+ ["cat"; "/hello"]], "hello\n")],
+ "unpack compressed tarball to directory",
+ "\
+This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarball> (an
+I<xz compressed> tar file) into C<directory>.");
+
+ ("txz_out", (RErr, [Pathname "directory"; FileOut "tarball"]), 230, [Optional "xz"],
+ [],
+ "pack directory into compressed tarball",
+ "\
+This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
+it to local file C<tarball> (as an xz compressed tar archive).");
+
+ ("ntfsresize", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 231, [Optional "ntfsprogs"],
+ [],
+ "resize an NTFS filesystem",
+ "\
+This command resizes an NTFS filesystem, expanding or
+shrinking it to the size of the underlying device.
+See also L<ntfsresize(8)>.");
+
+ ("vgscan", (RErr, []), 232, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["vgscan"]])],
+ "rescan for LVM physical volumes, volume groups and logical volumes",
+ "\
+This rescans all block devices and rebuilds the list of LVM
+physical volumes, volume groups and logical volumes.");
+
+ ("part_del", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"]), 233, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
+ ["part_del"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]])],
+ "delete a partition",
+ "\
+This command deletes the partition numbered C<partnum> on C<device>.
+
+Note that in the case of MBR partitioning, deleting an
+extended partition also deletes any logical partitions
+it contains.");
+
+ ("part_get_bootable", (RBool "bootable", [Device "device"; Int "partnum"]), 234, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
+ ["part_set_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "true"];
+ ["part_get_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]])],
+ "return true if a partition is bootable",
+ "\
+This command returns true if the partition C<partnum> on
+C<device> has the bootable flag set.
+
+See also C<guestfs_part_set_bootable>.");
+
+ ("part_get_mbr_id", (RInt "idbyte", [Device "device"; Int "partnum"]), 235, [FishOutput FishOutputHexadecimal],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
+ ["part_set_mbr_id"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "0x7f"];
+ ["part_get_mbr_id"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]], 0x7f)],
+ "get the MBR type byte (ID byte) from a partition",
+ "\
+Returns the MBR type byte (also known as the ID byte) from
+the numbered partition C<partnum>.
+
+Note that only MBR (old DOS-style) partitions have type bytes.
+You will get undefined results for other partition table
+types (see C<guestfs_part_get_parttype>).");
+
+ ("part_set_mbr_id", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; Int "idbyte"]), 236, [],
+ [], (* tested by part_get_mbr_id *)
+ "set the MBR type byte (ID byte) of a partition",
+ "\
+Sets the MBR type byte (also known as the ID byte) of
+the numbered partition C<partnum> to C<idbyte>. Note
+that the type bytes quoted in most documentation are
+in fact hexadecimal numbers, but usually documented
+without any leading \"0x\" which might be confusing.
+
+Note that only MBR (old DOS-style) partitions have type bytes.
+You will get undefined results for other partition table
+types (see C<guestfs_part_get_parttype>).");
+
+ ("checksum_device", (RString "checksum", [String "csumtype"; Device "device"]), 237, [],
+ [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["checksum_device"; "md5"; "/dev/sdd"]],
+ (Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "images/test.iso")))],
+ "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the contents of a device",
+ "\
+This call computes the MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the
+contents of the device named C<device>. For the types of
+checksums supported see the C<guestfs_checksum> command.");
+
+ ("lvresize_free", (RErr, [Device "lv"; Int "percent"]), 238, [Optional "lvm2"],
+ [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
+ ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
+ ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
+ ["lvresize_free"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "100"]])],
+ "expand an LV to fill free space",
+ "\
+This expands an existing logical volume C<lv> so that it fills
+C<pc>% of the remaining free space in the volume group. Commonly
+you would call this with pc = 100 which expands the logical volume
+as much as possible, using all remaining free space in the volume
+group.");
+
+ ("aug_clear", (RErr, [String "augpath"]), 239, [Optional "augeas"],
+ [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
+ "clear Augeas path",
+ "\
+Set the value associated with C<path> to C<NULL>. This
+is the same as the L<augtool(1)> C<clear> command.");
+
+ ("get_umask", (RInt "mask", []), 240, [FishOutput FishOutputOctal],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
+ [["get_umask"]], 0o22)],
+ "get the current umask",
+ "\
+Return the current umask. By default the umask is C<022>
+unless it has been set by calling C<guestfs_umask>.");
+
+ ("debug_upload", (RErr, [FileIn "filename"; String "tmpname"; Int "mode"]), 241, [],
+ [],
+ "upload a file to the appliance (internal use only)",
+ "\
+The C<guestfs_debug_upload> command uploads a file to
+the libguestfs appliance.
+
+There is no comprehensive help for this command. You have
+to look at the file C<daemon/debug.c> in the libguestfs source
+to find out what it is for.");
+
+ ("base64_in", (RErr, [FileIn "base64file"; Pathname "filename"]), 242, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["base64_in"; "../images/hello.b64"; "/hello"];
+ ["cat"; "/hello"]], "hello\n")],
+ "upload base64-encoded data to file",
+ "\
+This command uploads base64-encoded data from C<base64file>
+to C<filename>.");
+
+ ("base64_out", (RErr, [Pathname "filename"; FileOut "base64file"]), 243, [],
+ [],
+ "download file and encode as base64",
+ "\
+This command downloads the contents of C<filename>, writing
+it out to local file C<base64file> encoded as base64.");
+
+ ("checksums_out", (RErr, [String "csumtype"; Pathname "directory"; FileOut "sumsfile"]), 244, [],
+ [],
+ "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of files in a directory",
+ "\
+This command computes the checksums of all regular files in
+C<directory> and then emits a list of those checksums to
+the local output file C<sumsfile>.
+
+This can be used for verifying the integrity of a virtual
+machine. However to be properly secure you should pay
+attention to the output of the checksum command (it uses
+the ones from GNU coreutils). In particular when the
+filename is not printable, coreutils uses a special
+backslash syntax. For more information, see the GNU
+coreutils info file.");
+
+ ("fill_pattern", (RErr, [String "pattern"; Int "len"; Pathname "path"]), 245, [Progress],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["fill_pattern"; "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"; "28"; "/test"];
+ ["read_file"; "/test"]], "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzab")],
+ "fill a file with a repeating pattern of bytes",
+ "\
+This function is like C<guestfs_fill> except that it creates
+a new file of length C<len> containing the repeating pattern
+of bytes in C<pattern>. The pattern is truncated if necessary
+to ensure the length of the file is exactly C<len> bytes.");
+
+ ("write", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; BufferIn "content"]), 246, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "\nnew file contents\n"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "\nnew file contents\n");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "\n\n"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n\n");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; ""];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "\n\n\n"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n\n\n");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "\n"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n")],
+ "create a new file",
+ "\
+This call creates a file called C<path>. The content of the
+file is the string C<content> (which can contain any 8 bit data).");
+
+ ("pwrite", (RInt "nbytes", [Pathname "path"; BufferIn "content"; Int64 "offset"]), 247, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
+ ["pwrite"; "/new"; "data"; "4"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "new data contents");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
+ ["pwrite"; "/new"; "is extended"; "9"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file is extended");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
+ ["pwrite"; "/new"; ""; "4"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
+ "write to part of a file",
+ "\
+This command writes to part of a file. It writes the data
+buffer C<content> to the file C<path> starting at offset C<offset>.
+
+This command implements the L<pwrite(2)> system call, and like
+that system call it may not write the full data requested. The
+return value is the number of bytes that were actually written
+to the file. This could even be 0, although short writes are
+unlikely for regular files in ordinary circumstances.
+
+See also C<guestfs_pread>.");
+
+ ("resize2fs_size", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int64 "size"]), 248, [],
+ [],
+ "resize an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem (with size)",
+ "\
+This command is the same as C<guestfs_resize2fs> except that it
+allows you to specify the new size (in bytes) explicitly.");
+
+ ("pvresize_size", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int64 "size"]), 249, [Optional "lvm2"],
+ [],
+ "resize an LVM physical volume (with size)",
+ "\
+This command is the same as C<guestfs_pvresize> except that it
+allows you to specify the new size (in bytes) explicitly.");
+
+ ("ntfsresize_size", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int64 "size"]), 250, [Optional "ntfsprogs"],
+ [],
+ "resize an NTFS filesystem (with size)",
+ "\
+This command is the same as C<guestfs_ntfsresize> except that it
+allows you to specify the new size (in bytes) explicitly.");
+
+ ("available_all_groups", (RStringList "groups", []), 251, [],
+ [InitNone, Always, TestRun [["available_all_groups"]]],
+ "return a list of all optional groups",
+ "\
+This command returns a list of all optional groups that this
+daemon knows about. Note this returns both supported and unsupported
+groups. To find out which ones the daemon can actually support
+you have to call C<guestfs_available> on each member of the
+returned list.
+
+See also C<guestfs_available> and L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.");
+
+ ("fallocate64", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "len"]), 252, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+ [["fallocate64"; "/a"; "1000000"];
+ ["stat"; "/a"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
+ "preallocate a file in the guest filesystem",
+ "\
+This command preallocates a file (containing zero bytes) named
+C<path> of size C<len> bytes. If the file exists already, it
+is overwritten.
+
+Note that this call allocates disk blocks for the file.
+To create a sparse file use C<guestfs_truncate_size> instead.
+
+The deprecated call C<guestfs_fallocate> does the same,
+but owing to an oversight it only allowed 30 bit lengths
+to be specified, effectively limiting the maximum size
+of files created through that call to 1GB.
+
+Do not confuse this with the guestfish-specific
+C<alloc> and C<sparse> commands which create
+a file in the host and attach it as a device.");
+
+ ("vfs_label", (RString "label", [Device "device"]), 253, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["set_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"; "LTEST"];
+ ["vfs_label"; "/dev/sda1"]], "LTEST")],
+ "get the filesystem label",
+ "\
+This returns the filesystem label of the filesystem on
+C<device>.
+
+If the filesystem is unlabeled, this returns the empty string.
+
+To find a filesystem from the label, use C<guestfs_findfs_label>.");
+
+ ("vfs_uuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"]), 254, [],
+ (let uuid = uuidgen () in
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; uuid];
+ ["vfs_uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], uuid)]),
+ "get the filesystem UUID",
+ "\
+This returns the filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
+C<device>.
+
+If the filesystem does not have a UUID, this returns the empty string.
+
+To find a filesystem from the UUID, use C<guestfs_findfs_uuid>.");
+
+ ("lvm_set_filter", (RErr, [DeviceList "devices"]), 255, [Optional "lvm2"],
+ (* Can't be tested with the current framework because
+ * the VG is being used by the mounted filesystem, so
+ * the vgchange -an command we do first will fail.
+ *)
+ [],
+ "set LVM device filter",
+ "\
+This sets the LVM device filter so that LVM will only be
+able to \"see\" the block devices in the list C<devices>,
+and will ignore all other attached block devices.
+
+Where disk image(s) contain duplicate PVs or VGs, this
+command is useful to get LVM to ignore the duplicates, otherwise
+LVM can get confused. Note also there are two types
+of duplication possible: either cloned PVs/VGs which have
+identical UUIDs; or VGs that are not cloned but just happen
+to have the same name. In normal operation you cannot
+create this situation, but you can do it outside LVM, eg.
+by cloning disk images or by bit twiddling inside the LVM
+metadata.
+
+This command also clears the LVM cache and performs a volume
+group scan.
+
+You can filter whole block devices or individual partitions.
+
+You cannot use this if any VG is currently in use (eg.
+contains a mounted filesystem), even if you are not
+filtering out that VG.");
+
+ ("lvm_clear_filter", (RErr, []), 256, [],
+ [], (* see note on lvm_set_filter *)
+ "clear LVM device filter",
+ "\
+This undoes the effect of C<guestfs_lvm_set_filter>. LVM
+will be able to see every block device.
+
+This command also clears the LVM cache and performs a volume
+group scan.");
+
+ ("luks_open", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; String "mapname"]), 257, [Optional "luks"],
+ [],
+ "open a LUKS-encrypted block device",
+ "\
+This command opens a block device which has been encrypted
+according to the Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) standard.
+
+C<device> is the encrypted block device or partition.
+
+The caller must supply one of the keys associated with the
+LUKS block device, in the C<key> parameter.
+
+This creates a new block device called C</dev/mapper/mapname>.
+Reads and writes to this block device are decrypted from and
+encrypted to the underlying C<device> respectively.
+
+If this block device contains LVM volume groups, then
+calling C<guestfs_vgscan> followed by C<guestfs_vg_activate_all>
+will make them visible.");
+
+ ("luks_open_ro", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; String "mapname"]), 258, [Optional "luks"],
+ [],
+ "open a LUKS-encrypted block device read-only",
+ "\
+This is the same as C<guestfs_luks_open> except that a read-only
+mapping is created.");
+
+ ("luks_close", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 259, [Optional "luks"],
+ [],
+ "close a LUKS device",
+ "\
+This closes a LUKS device that was created earlier by
+C<guestfs_luks_open> or C<guestfs_luks_open_ro>. The
+C<device> parameter must be the name of the LUKS mapping
+device (ie. C</dev/mapper/mapname>) and I<not> the name
+of the underlying block device.");
+
+ ("luks_format", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; Int "keyslot"]), 260, [Optional "luks"; DangerWillRobinson],
+ [],
+ "format a block device as a LUKS encrypted device",
+ "\
+This command erases existing data on C<device> and formats
+the device as a LUKS encrypted device. C<key> is the
+initial key, which is added to key slot C<slot>. (LUKS
+supports 8 key slots, numbered 0-7).");
+
+ ("luks_format_cipher", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; Int "keyslot"; String "cipher"]), 261, [Optional "luks"; DangerWillRobinson],
+ [],
+ "format a block device as a LUKS encrypted device",
+ "\
+This command is the same as C<guestfs_luks_format> but
+it also allows you to set the C<cipher> used.");
+
+ ("luks_add_key", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; Key "newkey"; Int "keyslot"]), 262, [Optional "luks"],
+ [],
+ "add a key on a LUKS encrypted device",
+ "\
+This command adds a new key on LUKS device C<device>.
+C<key> is any existing key, and is used to access the device.
+C<newkey> is the new key to add. C<keyslot> is the key slot
+that will be replaced.
+
+Note that if C<keyslot> already contains a key, then this
+command will fail. You have to use C<guestfs_luks_kill_slot>
+first to remove that key.");
+
+ ("luks_kill_slot", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; Int "keyslot"]), 263, [Optional "luks"],
+ [],
+ "remove a key from a LUKS encrypted device",
+ "\
+This command deletes the key in key slot C<keyslot> from the
+encrypted LUKS device C<device>. C<key> must be one of the
+I<other> keys.");
+
+ ("is_lv", (RBool "lvflag", [Device "device"]), 264, [Optional "lvm2"],
+ [InitBasicFSonLVM, IfAvailable "lvm2", TestOutputTrue (
+ [["is_lv"; "/dev/VG/LV"]]);
+ InitBasicFSonLVM, IfAvailable "lvm2", TestOutputFalse (
+ [["is_lv"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
+ "test if device is a logical volume",
+ "\
+This command tests whether C<device> is a logical volume, and
+returns true iff this is the case.");
+
+ ("findfs_uuid", (RString "device", [String "uuid"]), 265, [],
+ [],
+ "find a filesystem by UUID",
+ "\
+This command searches the filesystems and returns the one
+which has the given UUID. An error is returned if no such
+filesystem can be found.
+
+To find the UUID of a filesystem, use C<guestfs_vfs_uuid>.");
+
+ ("findfs_label", (RString "device", [String "label"]), 266, [],
+ [],
+ "find a filesystem by label",
+ "\
+This command searches the filesystems and returns the one
+which has the given label. An error is returned if no such
+filesystem can be found.
+
+To find the label of a filesystem, use C<guestfs_vfs_label>.");
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