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@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Adding a new action
 All action functions are generated automatically, so there are only
 two files you need to edit:
 
-(1) src/generator.ml: Add your new action, parameters, description,
-etc. to the big list called 'functions' at the top of this file.
+(1) generator/generator_actions.ml: Add your new action, parameters,
+description, etc. to the big list at the top of this file.
 
 (2) Edit/create a C file in daemon/ subdirectory which implements your
 'do_action' function.  Take a look at one of the numerous examples
@@ -68,33 +68,40 @@ Directories
 appliance/
         The qemu appliance, build scripts and so on.
 
-cat/
-        The virt-cat tool.
-
 capitests/
         Automated tests of the C API.
 
 contrib/
         Outside contributions, experimental parts.
 
+csharp/
+        Experimental C# bindings.
+
 daemon/
         The daemon that runs inside the guest and carries out actions.
 
-df/
-        The virt-df tool.
-
-edit/
-	The virt-edit tool.
-
 examples/
         The examples.
 
 fish/
         Guestfish (the command-line program / shell)
 
+fuse/
+        FUSE (userspace filesystem) built on top of libguestfs.
+
+generator/
+        The crucially important generator, used to automatically
+        generate large amounts of boilerplate C code for things like
+        RPC and bindings.
+
 haskell/
         Haskell bindings.
 
+hivex/ [removed in 1.0.85]
+       This used to contain the hivex library for reading and
+       writing Windows Registry binary hive files.  This is now
+       available as a separate upstream project.
+
 images/
         Some guest images to test against.  These are gzipped to save
         space.  You have to unzip them before use.
@@ -113,8 +120,17 @@ m4/
 ocaml/
         OCaml bindings.
 
+php/
+        PHP bindings.
+
 po/
-        Translations.
+        Translations of simple gettext strings.  For translations of
+        longer documents, see po-docs/.
+
+po-docs/
+        The build infrastructure and PO files for translations of
+        manpages and POD files.  Eventually this will be combined
+        with the po/ directory, but that is rather complicated.
 
 perl/
         Perl bindings.
@@ -125,15 +141,17 @@ python/
 regressions/
         Regression tests.
 
-rescue/
-	The virt-rescue tool.
-
 ruby/
         Ruby bindings.
 
+tools/
+        Command line tools like virt-cat, virt-df, virt-edit and more.
+        In versions <= 1.0.73 these were all in separate directories
+        like cat/, df/, edit/, but since then we moved them all into
+        one directory to simplify builds.
+
 src/
         Source code to the C library.
-        Also contains the crucial generator program.
 
 test-tool/
         Interactive qemu/kernel test tool.