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diff --git a/guestfs-actions.pod b/guestfs-actions.pod
index d35d1aa..755479f 100644
--- a/guestfs-actions.pod
+++ b/guestfs-actions.pod
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ for whatever operations you want to perform (ie. read access if you
 just want to read the image or write access if you want to modify the
 image).
 
-This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-drive file=filename>.
+This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-drive file=filename,cache=off>.
 
 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>.  This
 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
@@ -1191,6 +1191,33 @@ as necessary.  This is like the C<mkdir -p> shell command.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_mkdtemp
+
+ char *guestfs_mkdtemp (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *template);
+
+This command creates a temporary directory.  The
+C<template> parameter should be a full pathname for the
+temporary directory name with the final six characters being
+"XXXXXX".
+
+For example: "/tmp/myprogXXXXXX" or "/Temp/myprogXXXXXX",
+the second one being suitable for Windows filesystems.
+
+The name of the temporary directory that was created
+is returned.
+
+The temporary directory is created with mode 0700
+and is owned by root.
+
+The caller is responsible for deleting the temporary
+directory and its contents after use.
+
+See also: L<mkdtemp(3)>
+
+This function returns a string, or NULL on error.
+I<The caller must free the returned string after use>.
+
 =head2 guestfs_mkfs
 
  int guestfs_mkfs (guestfs_h *handle,
@@ -1448,6 +1475,53 @@ Remove the single directory C<path>.
 
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
+=head2 guestfs_scrub_device
+
+ int guestfs_scrub_device (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *device);
+
+This command writes patterns over C<device> to make data retrieval
+more difficult.
+
+It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program.  See that
+manual page for more details.
+
+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_scrub_file
+
+ int guestfs_scrub_file (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *file);
+
+This command writes patterns over a file to make data retrieval
+more difficult.
+
+The file is I<removed> after scrubbing.
+
+It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program.  See that
+manual page for more details.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
+=head2 guestfs_scrub_freespace
+
+ int guestfs_scrub_freespace (guestfs_h *handle,
+		const char *dir);
+
+This command creates the directory C<dir> and then fills it
+with files until the filesystem is full, and scrubs the files
+as for C<guestfs_scrub_file>, and deletes them.
+The intention is to scrub any free space on the partition
+containing C<dir>.
+
+It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program.  See that
+manual page for more details.
+
+This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
+
 =head2 guestfs_set_append
 
  int guestfs_set_append (guestfs_h *handle,
@@ -2051,6 +2125,8 @@ How many blocks are zeroed isn't specified (but it's I<not> enough
 to securely wipe the device).  It should be sufficient to remove
 any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on.
 
+See also: C<guestfs_scrub_device>.
+
 This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
 
 =head2 guestfs_zerofree