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diff --git a/guestfs-actions.pod b/guestfs-actions.pod
index 4b1ad4b..310db2e 100644
--- a/guestfs-actions.pod
+++ b/guestfs-actions.pod
@@ -257,6 +257,32 @@ Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit
 of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB.  To transfer large files you should use
 FTP.
 
+=head2 guestfs_chmod
+
+ int guestfs_chmod (guestfs_h *handle,
+		int mode,
+		const char *path);
+
+Change the mode (permissions) of C<path> to C<mode>.  Only
+numeric modes are supported.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+=head2 guestfs_chown
+
+ int guestfs_chown (guestfs_h *handle,
+		int owner,
+		int group,
+		const char *path);
+
+Change the file owner to C<owner> and group to C<group>.
+
+Only numeric uid and gid are supported.  If you want to use
+names, you will need to locate and parse the password file
+yourself (Augeas support makes this relatively easy).
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_config
 
  int guestfs_config (guestfs_h *handle,
@@ -274,6 +300,18 @@ C<value> can be NULL.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_exists
+
+ int guestfs_exists (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *path);
+
+This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file, directory
+(or anything) with the given C<path> name.
+
+See also C<guestfs_is_file>, C<guestfs_is_dir>, C<guestfs_stat>.
+
+This function returns a C truth value on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_get_autosync
 
  int guestfs_get_autosync (guestfs_h *handle);
@@ -302,6 +340,32 @@ This returns the verbose messages flag.
 
 This function returns a C truth value on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_is_dir
+
+ int guestfs_is_dir (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *path);
+
+This returns C<true> if and only if there is a directory
+with the given C<path> name.  Note that it returns false for
+other objects like files.
+
+See also C<guestfs_stat>.
+
+This function returns a C truth value on success or -1 on error.
+
+=head2 guestfs_is_file
+
+ int guestfs_is_file (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *path);
+
+This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file
+with the given C<path> name.  Note that it returns false for
+other objects like directories.
+
+See also C<guestfs_stat>.
+
+This function returns a C truth value on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_kill_subprocess
 
  int guestfs_kill_subprocess (guestfs_h *handle);
@@ -379,6 +443,30 @@ This function returns a NULL-terminated array of strings
 (like L<environ(3)>), or NULL if there was an error.
 I<The caller must free the strings and the array after use>.
 
+=head2 guestfs_lvcreate
+
+ int guestfs_lvcreate (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *logvol,
+		const char *volgroup,
+		int mbytes);
+
+This creates an LVM volume group called C<logvol>
+on the volume group C<volgroup>, with C<size> megabytes.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+=head2 guestfs_lvm_remove_all
+
+ int guestfs_lvm_remove_all (guestfs_h *handle);
+
+This command removes all LVM logical volumes, volume groups
+and physical volumes.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+B<This command is dangerous.  Without careful use you
+can easily destroy all your data>.
+
 =head2 guestfs_lvs
 
  char **guestfs_lvs (guestfs_h *handle);
@@ -405,6 +493,37 @@ of the L<lvs(8)> command.  The "full" version includes all fields.
 This function returns a C<struct guestfs_lvm_lv_list *>.
 I<The caller must call C<guestfs_free_lvm_lv_list> after use>.
 
+=head2 guestfs_mkdir
+
+ int guestfs_mkdir (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *path);
+
+Create a directory named C<path>.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+=head2 guestfs_mkdir_p
+
+ int guestfs_mkdir_p (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *path);
+
+Create a directory named C<path>, creating any parent directories
+as necessary.  This is like the C<mkdir -p> shell command.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+=head2 guestfs_mkfs
+
+ int guestfs_mkfs (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *fstype,
+		const char *device);
+
+This creates a filesystem on C<device> (usually a partition
+of LVM logical volume).  The filesystem type is C<fstype>, for
+example C<ext3>.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_mount
 
  int guestfs_mount (guestfs_h *handle,
@@ -430,6 +549,30 @@ call, in order to improve reliability.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_mounts
+
+ char **guestfs_mounts (guestfs_h *handle);
+
+This returns the list of currently mounted filesystems.  It returns
+the list of devices (eg. C</dev/sda1>, C</dev/VG/LV>).
+
+Some internal mounts are not shown.
+
+This function returns a NULL-terminated array of strings
+(like L<environ(3)>), or NULL if there was an error.
+I<The caller must free the strings and the array after use>.
+
+=head2 guestfs_pvcreate
+
+ int guestfs_pvcreate (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *device);
+
+This creates an LVM physical volume on the named C<device>,
+where C<device> should usually be a partition name such
+as C</dev/sda1>.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_pvs
 
  char **guestfs_pvs (guestfs_h *handle);
@@ -475,6 +618,35 @@ This function returns a NULL-terminated array of strings
 (like L<environ(3)>), or NULL if there was an error.
 I<The caller must free the strings and the array after use>.
 
+=head2 guestfs_rm
+
+ int guestfs_rm (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *path);
+
+Remove the single file C<path>.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+=head2 guestfs_rm_rf
+
+ int guestfs_rm_rf (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *path);
+
+Remove the file or directory C<path>, recursively removing the
+contents if its a directory.  This is like the C<rm -rf> shell
+command.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+=head2 guestfs_rmdir
+
+ int guestfs_rmdir (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *path);
+
+Remove the single directory C<path>.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_set_autosync
 
  int guestfs_set_autosync (guestfs_h *handle,
@@ -515,6 +687,40 @@ C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG> is defined and set to C<1>.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_sfdisk
+
+ int guestfs_sfdisk (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *device,
+		int cyls,
+		int heads,
+		int sectors,
+		char * const* const lines);
+
+This is a direct interface to the L<sfdisk(8)> program for creating
+partitions on block devices.
+
+C<device> should be a block device, for example C</dev/sda>.
+
+C<cyls>, C<heads> and C<sectors> are the number of cylinders, heads
+and sectors on the device, which are passed directly to sfdisk as
+the I<-C>, I<-H> and I<-S> parameters.  If you pass C<0> for any
+of these, then the corresponding parameter is omitted.  Usually for
+'large' disks, you can just pass C<0> for these, but for small
+(floppy-sized) disks, sfdisk (or rather, the kernel) cannot work
+out the right geometry and you will need to tell it.
+
+C<lines> is a list of lines that we feed to C<sfdisk>.  For more
+information refer to the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage.
+
+To create a single partition occupying the whole disk, you would
+pass C<lines> as a single element list, when the single element being
+the string C<,> (comma).
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+B<This command is dangerous.  Without careful use you
+can easily destroy all your data>.
+
 =head2 guestfs_sync
 
  int guestfs_sync (guestfs_h *handle);
@@ -538,6 +744,38 @@ to create a new zero-length file.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_umount
+
+ int guestfs_umount (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *pathordevice);
+
+This unmounts the given filesystem.  The filesystem may be
+specified either by its mountpoint (path) or the device which
+contains the filesystem.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+=head2 guestfs_umount_all
+
+ int guestfs_umount_all (guestfs_h *handle);
+
+This unmounts all mounted filesystems.
+
+Some internal mounts are not unmounted by this call.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+=head2 guestfs_vgcreate
+
+ int guestfs_vgcreate (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *volgroup,
+		char * const* const physvols);
+
+This creates an LVM volume group called C<volgroup>
+from the non-empty list of physical volumes C<physvols>.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_vgs
 
  char **guestfs_vgs (guestfs_h *handle);
@@ -576,3 +814,24 @@ to complete.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_write_file
+
+ int guestfs_write_file (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *path,
+		const char *content,
+		int size);
+
+This call creates a file called C<path>.  The contents of the
+file is the string C<content> (which can contain any 8 bit data),
+with length C<size>.
+
+As a special case, if C<size> is C<0>
+then the length is calculated using C<strlen> (so in this case
+the content cannot contain embedded ASCII NULs).
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit 
+of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB.  To transfer large files you should use
+FTP.
+