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diff --git a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm
index bd2d961..63a4925 100644
--- a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm
+++ b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm
@@ -432,6 +432,16 @@ The first character of C string must be a C<-> (dash).
C can be NULL.
+=item $h->cp ($src, $dest);
+
+This copies a file from C to C where C is
+either a destination filename or destination directory.
+
+=item $h->cp_a ($src, $dest);
+
+This copies a file or directory from C to C
+recursively using the C command.
+
=item $result = $h->debug ($subcmd, \@extraargs);
The C<$h-Edebug> command exposes some internals of
@@ -451,6 +461,18 @@ C can also be a named pipe.
See also C<$h-Eupload>, C<$h-Ecat>.
+=item $h->drop_caches ($whattodrop);
+
+This instructs the guest kernel to drop its page cache,
+and/or dentries and inode caches. The parameter C
+tells the kernel what precisely to drop, see
+L
+
+Setting C to 3 should drop everything.
+
+This automatically calls L before the operation,
+so that the maximum guest memory is freed.
+
=item $existsflag = $h->exists ($path);
This returns C if and only if there is a file, directory
@@ -468,10 +490,50 @@ The exact command which runs is C. Note in
particular that the filename is not prepended to the output
(the C<-b> option).
+=item $status = $h->fsck ($fstype, $device);
+
+This runs the filesystem checker (fsck) on C which
+should have filesystem type C.
+
+The returned integer is the status. See L for the
+list of status codes from C.
+
+Notes:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+Multiple status codes can be summed together.
+
+=item *
+
+A non-zero return code can mean "success", for example if
+errors have been corrected on the filesystem.
+
+=item *
+
+Checking or repairing NTFS volumes is not supported
+(by linux-ntfs).
+
+=back
+
+This command is entirely equivalent to running C.
+
=item $autosync = $h->get_autosync ();
Get the autosync flag.
+=item $label = $h->get_e2label ($device);
+
+This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
+C.
+
+=item $uuid = $h->get_e2uuid ($device);
+
+This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
+C.
+
=item $path = $h->get_path ();
Return the current search path.
@@ -497,6 +559,11 @@ For more information on states, see L.
This returns the verbose messages flag.
+=item $h->grub_install ($root, $device);
+
+This command installs GRUB (the Grand Unified Bootloader) on
+C, with the root directory being C.
+
=item $busy = $h->is_busy ();
This returns true iff this handle is busy processing a command
@@ -689,6 +756,11 @@ the list of devices (eg. C, C).
Some internal mounts are not shown.
+=item $h->mv ($src, $dest);
+
+This moves a file from C to C where C is
+either a destination filename or destination directory.
+
=item $h->pvcreate ($device);
This creates an LVM physical volume on the named C,
@@ -748,9 +820,13 @@ Remove the single directory C.
=item $h->set_autosync ($autosync);
If C is true, this enables autosync. Libguestfs will make a
-best effort attempt to run C<$h-Esync> when the handle is closed
+best effort attempt to run C<$h-Eumount_all> followed by
+C<$h-Esync> when the handle is closed
(also if the program exits without closing handles).
+This is disabled by default (except in guestfish where it is
+enabled by default).
+
=item $h->set_busy ();
This sets the state to C. This is only used when implementing
@@ -758,6 +834,25 @@ actions using the low-level API.
For more information on states, see L.
+=item $h->set_e2label ($device, $label);
+
+This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
+C to C