X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=python%2Fguestfs.py;h=678e298e9eb894271b47df740d09ae34d558bd2b;hp=d03a7a9d7f9e2ecdc93a4d78d96d5a190d1028c3;hb=d43dac69483e8ec62e8356d93f761684ce2f5cc8;hpb=f47dafd23186938a22d41739d9bc695c7760b912

diff --git a/python/guestfs.py b/python/guestfs.py
index d03a7a9..678e298 100644
--- a/python/guestfs.py
+++ b/python/guestfs.py
@@ -279,6 +279,15 @@ class GuestFS:
         """
         return libguestfsmod.set_ready (self._o)
 
+    def end_busy (self):
+        u"""This sets the state to "READY", or if in "CONFIG" then
+        it leaves the state as is. This is only used when
+        implementing actions using the low-level API.
+        
+        For more information on states, see guestfs(3).
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.end_busy (self._o)
+
     def mount (self, device, mountpoint):
         u"""Mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem.
         Block devices are named "/dev/sda", "/dev/sdb" and so
@@ -700,7 +709,7 @@ class GuestFS:
 
     def mkfs (self, fstype, device):
         u"""This creates a filesystem on "device" (usually a
-        partition of LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is
+        partition or LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is
         "fstype", for example "ext3".
         """
         return libguestfsmod.mkfs (self._o, fstype, device)
@@ -743,6 +752,11 @@ class GuestFS:
         calculated using "strlen" (so in this case the content
         cannot contain embedded ASCII NULs).
         
+        *NB.* Owing to a bug, writing content containing ASCII
+        NUL characters does *not* work, even if the length is
+        specified. We hope to resolve this bug in a future
+        version. In the meantime use "g.upload".
+        
         Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer
         limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer
         large files you should use FTP.
@@ -1251,3 +1265,45 @@ class GuestFS:
         """
         return libguestfsmod.equal (self._o, file1, file2)
 
+    def strings (self, path):
+        u"""This runs the strings(1) command on a file and returns
+        the list of printable strings found.
+        
+        This function returns a list of strings.
+        
+        Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer
+        limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer
+        large files you should use FTP.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.strings (self._o, path)
+
+    def strings_e (self, encoding, path):
+        u"""This is like the "g.strings" command, but allows you to
+        specify the encoding.
+        
+        See the strings(1) manpage for the full list of
+        encodings.
+        
+        Commonly useful encodings are "l" (lower case L) which
+        will show strings inside Windows/x86 files.
+        
+        The returned strings are transcoded to UTF-8.
+        
+        This function returns a list of strings.
+        
+        Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer
+        limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer
+        large files you should use FTP.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.strings_e (self._o, encoding, path)
+
+    def hexdump (self, path):
+        u"""This runs "hexdump -C" on the given "path". The result
+        is the human-readable, canonical hex dump of the file.
+        
+        Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer
+        limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer
+        large files you should use FTP.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.hexdump (self._o, path)
+