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diff --git a/python/guestfs.py b/python/guestfs.py
index 6c425bc..9cf9d88 100644
--- a/python/guestfs.py
+++ b/python/guestfs.py
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ 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 +743,11 @@ 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.
@@ -1221,3 +1226,75 @@ class GuestFS:
         """
         return libguestfsmod.drop_caches (self._o, whattodrop)
 
+    def dmesg (self):
+        u"""This returns the kernel messages ("dmesg" output) from
+        the guest kernel. This is sometimes useful for extended
+        debugging of problems.
+        
+        Another way to get the same information is to enable
+        verbose messages with "g.set_verbose" or by setting the
+        environment variable "LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1" before running
+        the program.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.dmesg (self._o)
+
+    def ping_daemon (self):
+        u"""This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running
+        inside the qemu subprocess. Calling this function checks
+        that the daemon responds to the ping message, without
+        affecting the daemon or attached block device(s) in any
+        other way.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.ping_daemon (self._o)
+
+    def equal (self, file1, file2):
+        u"""This compares the two files "file1" and "file2" and
+        returns true if their content is exactly equal, or false
+        otherwise.
+        
+        The external cmp(1) program is used for the comparison.
+        """
+        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)
+