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diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml
index b3f27cd..de3b4f6 100755
--- a/src/generator.ml
+++ b/src/generator.ml
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
  * this one to describe the interface (see the big table below), and
  * daemon/<somefile>.c to write the implementation.
  *
- * After editing this file, run it (./src/generator.ml) to regenerate
- * all the output files.
+ * After editing this file, run it (./src/generator.ml) to regenerate all the
+ * output files.  Note that if you are using a separate build directory you
+ * must run generator.ml from the _source_ directory.
  *
  * IMPORTANT: This script should NOT print any warnings.  If it prints
  * warnings, you should treat them as errors.
@@ -66,15 +67,16 @@ and ret =
     (* "RString" and "RStringList" are caller-frees. *)
   | RString of string
   | RStringList of string
-    (* Some limited tuples are possible: *)
-  | RIntBool of string * string
-    (* LVM PVs, VGs and LVs. *)
-  | RPVList of string
-  | RVGList of string
-  | RLVList of string
-    (* Stat buffers. *)
-  | RStat of string
-  | RStatVFS of string
+    (* "RStruct" is a function which returns a single named structure
+     * or an error indication (in C, a struct, and in other languages
+     * with varying representations, but usually very efficient).  See
+     * after the function list below for the structures. 
+     *)
+  | RStruct of string * string		(* name of retval, name of struct *)
+    (* "RStructList" is a function which returns either a list/array
+     * of structures (could be zero-length), or an error indication.
+     *)
+  | RStructList of string * string	(* name of retval, name of struct *)
     (* Key-value pairs of untyped strings.  Turns into a hashtable or
      * dictionary in languages which support it.  DON'T use this as a
      * general "bucket" for results.  Prefer a stronger typed return
@@ -83,6 +85,20 @@ and ret =
      * inefficient.  Keys should be unique.  NULLs are not permitted.
      *)
   | RHashtable of string
+    (* "RBufferOut" is handled almost exactly like RString, but
+     * it allows the string to contain arbitrary 8 bit data including
+     * ASCII NUL.  In the C API this causes an implicit extra parameter
+     * to be added of type <size_t *size_r>.  The extra parameter
+     * returns the actual size of the return buffer in bytes.
+     *
+     * Other programming languages support strings with arbitrary 8 bit
+     * data.
+     *
+     * At the RPC layer we have to use the opaque<> type instead of
+     * string<>.  Returned data is still limited to the max message
+     * size (ie. ~ 2 MB).
+     *)
+  | RBufferOut of string
 
 and args = argt list	(* Function parameters, guestfs handle is implicit. *)
 
@@ -109,6 +125,18 @@ and argt =
      *)
   | FileIn of string
   | FileOut of string
+(* Not implemented:
+    (* Opaque buffer which can contain arbitrary 8 bit data.
+     * In the C API, this is expressed as <char *, int> pair.
+     * Most other languages have a string type which can contain
+     * ASCII NUL.  We use whatever type is appropriate for each
+     * language.
+     * Buffers are limited by the total message size.  To transfer
+     * large blocks of data, use FileIn/FileOut parameters instead.
+     * To return an arbitrary buffer, use RBufferOut.
+     *)
+  | BufferIn of string
+*)
 
 type flags =
   | ProtocolLimitWarning  (* display warning about protocol size limits *)
@@ -119,7 +147,7 @@ type flags =
   | NotInDocs		  (* do not add this function to documentation *)
 
 let protocol_limit_warning =
-  "Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit 
+  "Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit
 of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB.  To transfer large files you should use
 FTP."
 
@@ -133,7 +161,9 @@ can easily destroy all your data>."
  * 50MB and 10MB (respectively /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc), and
  * a fourth squashfs block device with some known files on it (/dev/sdd).
  *
- * Note for partitioning purposes, the 500MB device has 63 cylinders.
+ * Note for partitioning purposes, the 500MB device has 1015 cylinders.
+ * Number of cylinders was 63 for IDE emulated disks with precisely
+ * the same size.  How exactly this is calculated is a mystery.
  *
  * The squashfs block device (/dev/sdd) comes from images/test.sqsh.
  *
@@ -180,6 +210,10 @@ and test =
      *)
   | TestOutputInt of seq * int
     (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
+     * command to be <op> <int>, eg. ">=", "1".
+     *)
+  | TestOutputIntOp of seq * string * int
+    (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
      * command to be a true value (!= 0 or != NULL).
      *)
   | TestOutputTrue of seq
@@ -203,6 +237,7 @@ and test =
 
 and test_field_compare =
   | CompareWithInt of string * int
+  | CompareWithIntOp of string * string * int
   | CompareWithString of string * string
   | CompareFieldsIntEq of string * string
   | CompareFieldsStrEq of string * string
@@ -277,12 +312,8 @@ let test_all_rets = [
   "test0rconststring", RConstString "valout";
   "test0rstring",      RString "valout";
   "test0rstringlist",  RStringList "valout";
-  "test0rintbool",     RIntBool ("valout", "valout");
-  "test0rpvlist",      RPVList "valout";
-  "test0rvglist",      RVGList "valout";
-  "test0rlvlist",      RLVList "valout";
-  "test0rstat",        RStat "valout";
-  "test0rstatvfs",     RStatVFS "valout";
+  "test0rstruct",      RStruct ("valout", "lvm_pv");
+  "test0rstructlist",  RStructList ("valout", "lvm_pv");
   "test0rhashtable",   RHashtable "valout";
 ]
 
@@ -373,7 +404,8 @@ 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,if=...>.
 
 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>.  This
 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
@@ -407,7 +439,7 @@ handle is closed.  We don't currently have any method to enable
 changes to be committed, although qemu can support this.
 
 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter
-C<-drive file=filename,snapshot=on>.
+C<-drive file=filename,snapshot=on,if=...>.
 
 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>.  This
 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
@@ -442,7 +474,8 @@ environment variable.
 Setting C<qemu> to C<NULL> restores the default qemu binary.");
 
   ("get_qemu", (RConstString "qemu", []), -1, [],
-   [],
+   [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
+      [["get_qemu"]])],
    "get the qemu binary",
    "\
 Return the current qemu binary.
@@ -462,7 +495,8 @@ C<LIBGUESTFS_PATH> environment variable.
 Setting C<path> to C<NULL> restores the default path.");
 
   ("get_path", (RConstString "path", []), -1, [],
-   [],
+   [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
+      [["get_path"]])],
    "get the search path",
    "\
 Return the current search path.
@@ -470,7 +504,7 @@ Return the current search path.
 This is always non-NULL.  If it wasn't set already, then this will
 return the default path.");
 
-  ("set_append", (RErr, [String "append"]), -1, [FishAlias "append"],
+  ("set_append", (RErr, [OptString "append"]), -1, [FishAlias "append"],
    [],
    "add options to kernel command line",
    "\
@@ -484,6 +518,10 @@ Setting C<append> to C<NULL> means I<no> additional options
 are passed (libguestfs always adds a few of its own).");
 
   ("get_append", (RConstString "append", []), -1, [],
+   (* This cannot be tested with the current framework.  The
+    * function can return NULL in normal operations, which the
+    * test framework interprets as an error.
+    *)
    [],
    "get the additional kernel options",
    "\
@@ -505,7 +543,8 @@ This is disabled by default (except in guestfish where it is
 enabled by default).");
 
   ("get_autosync", (RBool "autosync", []), -1, [],
-   [],
+   [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
+      [["get_autosync"]])],
    "get autosync mode",
    "\
 Get the autosync flag.");
@@ -526,7 +565,8 @@ C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG> is defined and set to C<1>.");
 This returns the verbose messages flag.");
 
   ("is_ready", (RBool "ready", []), -1, [],
-   [],
+   [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
+      [["is_ready"]])],
    "is ready to accept commands",
    "\
 This returns true iff this handle is ready to accept commands
@@ -535,7 +575,8 @@ This returns true iff this handle is ready to accept commands
 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
 
   ("is_config", (RBool "config", []), -1, [],
-   [],
+   [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
+      [["is_config"]])],
    "is in configuration state",
    "\
 This returns true iff this handle is being configured
@@ -544,7 +585,8 @@ This returns true iff this handle is being configured
 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
 
   ("is_launching", (RBool "launching", []), -1, [],
-   [],
+   [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
+      [["is_launching"]])],
    "is launching subprocess",
    "\
 This returns true iff this handle is launching the subprocess
@@ -553,7 +595,8 @@ This returns true iff this handle is launching the subprocess
 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
 
   ("is_busy", (RBool "busy", []), -1, [],
-   [],
+   [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
+      [["is_busy"]])],
    "is busy processing a command",
    "\
 This returns true iff this handle is busy processing a command
@@ -598,6 +641,78 @@ actions using the low-level API.
 
 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
 
+  ("set_memsize", (RErr, [Int "memsize"]), -1, [FishAlias "memsize"],
+   [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
+      [["set_memsize"; "500"];
+       ["get_memsize"]], 500)],
+   "set memory allocated to the qemu subprocess",
+   "\
+This sets the memory size in megabytes allocated to the
+qemu subprocess.  This only has any effect if called before
+C<guestfs_launch>.
+
+You can also change this by setting the environment
+variable C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE> before the handle is
+created.
+
+For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
+see L<guestfs(3)>.");
+
+  ("get_memsize", (RInt "memsize", []), -1, [],
+   [InitNone, Always, TestOutputIntOp (
+      [["get_memsize"]], ">=", 256)],
+   "get memory allocated to the qemu subprocess",
+   "\
+This gets the memory size in megabytes allocated to the
+qemu subprocess.
+
+If C<guestfs_set_memsize> was not called
+on this handle, and if C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE> was not set,
+then this returns the compiled-in default value for memsize.
+
+For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
+see L<guestfs(3)>.");
+
+  ("get_pid", (RInt "pid", []), -1, [FishAlias "pid"],
+   [InitNone, Always, TestOutputIntOp (
+      [["get_pid"]], ">=", 1)],
+   "get PID of qemu subprocess",
+   "\
+Return the process ID of the qemu subprocess.  If there is no
+qemu subprocess, then this will return an error.
+
+This is an internal call used for debugging and testing.");
+
+  ("version", (RStruct ("version", "version"), []), -1, [],
+   [InitNone, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+      [["version"]], [CompareWithInt ("major", 1)])],
+   "get the library version number",
+   "\
+Return the libguestfs version number that the program is linked
+against.
+
+Note that because of dynamic linking this is not necessarily
+the version of libguestfs that you compiled against.  You can
+compile the program, and then at runtime dynamically link
+against a completely different C<libguestfs.so> library.
+
+This call was added in version C<1.0.58>.  In previous
+versions of libguestfs there was no way to get the version
+number.  From C code you can use ELF weak linking tricks to find out if
+this symbol exists (if it doesn't, then it's an earlier version).
+
+The call returns a structure with four elements.  The first
+three (C<major>, C<minor> and C<release>) are numbers and
+correspond to the usual version triplet.  The fourth element
+(C<extra>) is a string and is normally empty, but may be
+used for distro-specific information.
+
+To construct the original version string:
+C<$major.$minor.$release$extra>
+
+I<Note:> Don't use this call to test for availability
+of features.  Distro backports makes this unreliable.");
+
 ]
 
 (* daemon_functions are any functions which cause some action
@@ -607,7 +722,7 @@ For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
 let daemon_functions = [
   ("mount", (RErr, [String "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 1, [],
    [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
        ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
@@ -661,8 +776,8 @@ Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
 
 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
-as end of string).  For those you need to use the C<guestfs_download>
-function which has a more complex interface.");
+as end of string).  For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
+or C<guestfs_download> functions which have a more complex interface.");
 
   ("ll", (RString "listing", [String "directory"]), 5, [],
    [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
@@ -704,7 +819,7 @@ The full block device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda>");
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
       [["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
     InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ",10 ,20 ,"];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
        ["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
    "list the partitions",
    "\
@@ -719,7 +834,7 @@ call C<guestfs_lvs>.");
    [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
       [["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
     InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ",10 ,20 ,"];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
@@ -738,7 +853,7 @@ See also C<guestfs_pvs_full>.");
    [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
       [["vgs"]], ["VG"]);
     InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ",10 ,20 ,"];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
@@ -759,7 +874,7 @@ See also C<guestfs_vgs_full>.");
    [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
       [["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV"]);
     InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ",10 ,20 ,"];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
@@ -779,21 +894,21 @@ This returns a list of the logical volume device names
 
 See also C<guestfs_lvs_full>.");
 
-  ("pvs_full", (RPVList "physvols", []), 12, [],
+  ("pvs_full", (RStructList ("physvols", "lvm_pv"), []), 12, [],
    [], (* XXX how to test? *)
    "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
    "\
 List all the physical volumes detected.  This is the equivalent
 of the L<pvs(8)> command.  The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
 
-  ("vgs_full", (RVGList "volgroups", []), 13, [],
+  ("vgs_full", (RStructList ("volgroups", "lvm_vg"), []), 13, [],
    [], (* XXX how to test? *)
    "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
    "\
 List all the volumes groups detected.  This is the equivalent
 of the L<vgs(8)> command.  The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
 
-  ("lvs_full", (RLVList "logvols", []), 14, [],
+  ("lvs_full", (RStructList ("logvols", "lvm_lv"), []), 14, [],
    [], (* XXX how to test? *)
    "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
    "\
@@ -890,7 +1005,7 @@ undefined.
 On success this returns the number of nodes in C<expr>, or
 C<0> if C<expr> evaluates to something which is not a nodeset.");
 
-  ("aug_defnode", (RIntBool ("nrnodes", "created"), [String "name"; String "expr"; String "val"]), 18, [],
+  ("aug_defnode", (RStruct ("nrnodescreated", "int_bool"), [String "name"; String "expr"; String "val"]), 18, [],
    [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
    "define an Augeas node",
    "\
@@ -1112,7 +1227,7 @@ See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
 
   ("pvcreate", (RErr, [String "device"]), 39, [],
    [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ",10 ,20 ,"];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
@@ -1125,7 +1240,7 @@ as C</dev/sda1>.");
 
   ("vgcreate", (RErr, [String "volgroup"; StringList "physvols"]), 40, [],
    [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ",10 ,20 ,"];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
@@ -1139,7 +1254,7 @@ from the non-empty list of physical volumes C<physvols>.");
 
   ("lvcreate", (RErr, [String "logvol"; String "volgroup"; Int "mbytes"]), 41, [],
    [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ",10 ,20 ,"];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
@@ -1160,7 +1275,7 @@ on the volume group C<volgroup>, with C<size> megabytes.");
 
   ("mkfs", (RErr, [String "fstype"; String "device"]), 42, [],
    [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
        ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
@@ -1235,12 +1350,12 @@ use C<guestfs_upload>.");
 
   ("umount", (RErr, [String "pathordevice"]), 45, [FishAlias "unmount"],
    [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
        ["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
     InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
        ["umount"; "/"];
@@ -1259,7 +1374,9 @@ contains the filesystem.");
 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.");
+Some internal mounts are not shown.
+
+See also: C<guestfs_mountpoints>");
 
   ("umount_all", (RErr, []), 47, [FishAlias "unmount-all"],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
@@ -1267,7 +1384,7 @@ Some internal mounts are not shown.");
        ["mounts"]], []);
     (* check that umount_all can unmount nested mounts correctly: *)
     InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ",10 ,20 ,"];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda2"];
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda3"];
@@ -1314,51 +1431,51 @@ particular that the filename is not prepended to the output
   ("command", (RString "output", [StringList "arguments"]), 50, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command"; "/test-command 1"]], "Result1");
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command"; "/test-command 2"]], "Result2\n");
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command"; "/test-command 3"]], "\nResult3");
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command"; "/test-command 4"]], "\nResult4\n");
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command"; "/test-command 5"]], "\nResult5\n\n");
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command"; "/test-command 6"]], "\n\nResult6\n\n");
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command"; "/test-command 7"]], "");
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command"; "/test-command 8"]], "\n");
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command"; "/test-command 9"]], "\n\n");
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command"; "/test-command 10"]], "Result10-1\nResult10-2\n");
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command"; "/test-command 11"]], "Result11-1\nResult11-2");
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command"; "/test-command"]])],
    "run a command from the guest filesystem",
    "\
@@ -1370,7 +1487,9 @@ or compatible processor architecture).
 The single parameter is an argv-style list of arguments.
 The first element is the name of the program to run.
 Subsequent elements are parameters.  The list must be
-non-empty (ie. must contain a program name).
+non-empty (ie. must contain a program name).  Note that
+the command runs directly, and is I<not> invoked via
+the shell (see C<guestfs_sh>).
 
 The return value is anything printed to I<stdout> by
 the command.
@@ -1393,54 +1512,56 @@ locations.");
   ("command_lines", (RStringList "lines", [StringList "arguments"]), 51, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command_lines"; "/test-command 1"]], ["Result1"]);
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command_lines"; "/test-command 2"]], ["Result2"]);
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command_lines"; "/test-command 3"]], ["";"Result3"]);
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command_lines"; "/test-command 4"]], ["";"Result4"]);
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command_lines"; "/test-command 5"]], ["";"Result5";""]);
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command_lines"; "/test-command 6"]], ["";"";"Result6";""]);
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command_lines"; "/test-command 7"]], []);
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command_lines"; "/test-command 8"]], [""]);
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command_lines"; "/test-command 9"]], ["";""]);
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command_lines"; "/test-command 10"]], ["Result10-1";"Result10-2"]);
     InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
       [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
-       ["chmod"; "493"; "/test-command"];
+       ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
        ["command_lines"; "/test-command 11"]], ["Result11-1";"Result11-2"])],
    "run a command, returning lines",
    "\
 This is the same as C<guestfs_command>, but splits the
-result into a list of lines.");
+result into a list of lines.
+
+See also: C<guestfs_sh_lines>");
 
-  ("stat", (RStat "statbuf", [String "path"]), 52, [],
+  ("stat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [String "path"]), 52, [],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
       [["touch"; "/new"];
        ["stat"; "/new"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
@@ -1450,7 +1571,7 @@ Returns file information for the given C<path>.
 
 This is the same as the C<stat(2)> system call.");
 
-  ("lstat", (RStat "statbuf", [String "path"]), 53, [],
+  ("lstat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [String "path"]), 53, [],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
       [["touch"; "/new"];
        ["lstat"; "/new"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
@@ -1464,10 +1585,9 @@ refers to.
 
 This is the same as the C<lstat(2)> system call.");
 
-  ("statvfs", (RStatVFS "statbuf", [String "path"]), 54, [],
+  ("statvfs", (RStruct ("statbuf", "statvfs"), [String "path"]), 54, [],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
-      [["statvfs"; "/"]], [CompareWithInt ("bfree", 487702);
-			   CompareWithInt ("blocks", 490020);
+      [["statvfs"; "/"]], [CompareWithInt ("namemax", 255);
 			   CompareWithInt ("bsize", 1024)])],
    "get file system statistics",
    "\
@@ -1603,8 +1723,8 @@ This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
   ("upload", (RErr, [FileIn "filename"; String "remotefilename"]), 66, [],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
-    [["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
-     ["checksum"; "md5"; "/COPYING.LIB"]], "e3eda01d9815f8d24aae2dbd89b68b06")],
+      [["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
+       ["checksum"; "md5"; "/COPYING.LIB"]], "e3eda01d9815f8d24aae2dbd89b68b06")],
    "upload a file from the local machine",
    "\
 Upload local file C<filename> to C<remotefilename> on the
@@ -1617,10 +1737,10 @@ See also C<guestfs_download>.");
   ("download", (RErr, [String "remotefilename"; FileOut "filename"]), 67, [],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
-    [["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
-     ["download"; "/COPYING.LIB"; "testdownload.tmp"];
-     ["upload"; "testdownload.tmp"; "/upload"];
-     ["checksum"; "md5"; "/upload"]], "e3eda01d9815f8d24aae2dbd89b68b06")],
+      [["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
+       ["download"; "/COPYING.LIB"; "testdownload.tmp"];
+       ["upload"; "testdownload.tmp"; "/upload"];
+       ["checksum"; "md5"; "/upload"]], "e3eda01d9815f8d24aae2dbd89b68b06")],
    "download a file to the local machine",
    "\
 Download file C<remotefilename> and save it as C<filename>
@@ -1788,7 +1908,7 @@ to find out what you can do.");
 
   ("lvremove", (RErr, [String "device"]), 77, [],
    [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
@@ -1796,7 +1916,7 @@ to find out what you can do.");
        ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG/LV1"];
        ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV2"]);
     InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
@@ -1804,7 +1924,7 @@ to find out what you can do.");
        ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
        ["lvs"]], []);
     InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
@@ -1821,7 +1941,7 @@ the VG name, C</dev/VG>.");
 
   ("vgremove", (RErr, [String "vgname"]), 78, [],
    [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
@@ -1829,7 +1949,7 @@ the VG name, C</dev/VG>.");
        ["vgremove"; "VG"];
        ["lvs"]], []);
     InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
@@ -1845,7 +1965,7 @@ group (if any).");
 
   ("pvremove", (RErr, [String "device"]), 79, [],
    [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
@@ -1854,7 +1974,7 @@ group (if any).");
        ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["lvs"]], []);
     InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
@@ -1863,7 +1983,7 @@ group (if any).");
        ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["vgs"]], []);
     InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
@@ -1978,10 +2098,15 @@ This command writes zeroes over the first few blocks of C<device>.
 
 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.");
+any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on.
+
+See also: C<guestfs_scrub_device>.");
 
   ("grub_install", (RErr, [String "root"; String "device"]), 86, [],
-   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
+   (* Test disabled because grub-install incompatible with virtio-blk driver.
+    * See also: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479760
+    *)
+   [InitBasicFS, Disabled, TestOutputTrue (
       [["grub_install"; "/"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["is_dir"; "/boot"]])],
    "install GRUB",
@@ -2125,7 +2250,13 @@ The returned strings are transcoded to UTF-8.");
   ("hexdump", (RString "dump", [String "path"]), 96, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
       [["write_file"; "/new"; "hello\nworld\n"; "12"];
-       ["hexdump"; "/new"]], "00000000  68 65 6c 6c 6f 0a 77 6f  72 6c 64 0a              |hello.world.|\n0000000c\n")],
+       ["hexdump"; "/new"]], "00000000  68 65 6c 6c 6f 0a 77 6f  72 6c 64 0a              |hello.world.|\n0000000c\n");
+    (* Test for RHBZ#501888c2 regression which caused large hexdump
+     * commands to segfault.
+     *)
+    InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
+      [["mount_vfs"; "ro"; "squashfs"; "/dev/sdd"; "/"];
+       ["hexdump"; "/100krandom"]])],
    "dump a file in hexadecimal",
    "\
 This runs C<hexdump -C> on the given C<path>.  The result is
@@ -2133,7 +2264,7 @@ the human-readable, canonical hex dump of the file.");
 
   ("zerofree", (RErr, [String "device"]), 97, [],
    [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["mkfs"; "ext3"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
        ["write_file"; "/new"; "test file"; "0"];
@@ -2161,7 +2292,7 @@ or data on the filesystem.");
 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM physical
 volume to match the new size of the underlying device.");
 
-  ("sfdisk_N", (RErr, [String "device"; Int "n";
+  ("sfdisk_N", (RErr, [String "device"; Int "partnum";
 		       Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
 		       String "line"]), 99, [DangerWillRobinson],
    [],
@@ -2231,19 +2362,19 @@ are activated or deactivated.");
 
   ("lvresize", (RErr, [String "device"; Int "mbytes"]), 105, [],
    [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
-    [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
-     ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
-     ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
-     ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
-     ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
-     ["mount"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
-     ["write_file"; "/new"; "test content"; "0"];
-     ["umount"; "/"];
-     ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "20"];
-     ["e2fsck_f"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
-     ["resize2fs"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
-     ["mount"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
-     ["cat"; "/new"]], "test content")],
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
+       ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
+       ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
+       ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
+       ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
+       ["mount"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
+       ["write_file"; "/new"; "test content"; "0"];
+       ["umount"; "/"];
+       ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "20"];
+       ["e2fsck_f"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
+       ["resize2fs"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
+       ["mount"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
+       ["cat"; "/new"]], "test content")],
    "resize an LVM logical volume",
    "\
 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM logical
@@ -2315,18 +2446,18 @@ This command is only needed because of C<guestfs_resize2fs>
 
   ("sleep", (RErr, [Int "secs"]), 109, [],
    [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
-    [["sleep"; "1"]])],
+      [["sleep"; "1"]])],
    "sleep for some seconds",
    "\
 Sleep for C<secs> seconds.");
 
   ("ntfs_3g_probe", (RInt "status", [Bool "rw"; String "device"]), 110, [],
    [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["mkfs"; "ntfs"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
     InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
-      [["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
        ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
        ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 12)],
    "probe NTFS volume",
@@ -2343,6 +2474,566 @@ The return value is an integer which C<0> if the operation
 would succeed, or some non-zero value documented in the
 L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> manual page.");
 
+  ("sh", (RString "output", [String "command"]), 111, [],
+   [], (* XXX needs tests *)
+   "run a command via the shell",
+   "\
+This call runs a command from the guest filesystem via the
+guest's C</bin/sh>.
+
+This is like C<guestfs_command>, but passes the command to:
+
+ /bin/sh -c \"command\"
+
+Depending on the guest's shell, this usually results in
+wildcards being expanded, shell expressions being interpolated
+and so on.
+
+All the provisos about C<guestfs_command> apply to this call.");
+
+  ("sh_lines", (RStringList "lines", [String "command"]), 112, [],
+   [], (* XXX needs tests *)
+   "run a command via the shell returning lines",
+   "\
+This is the same as C<guestfs_sh>, but splits the result
+into a list of lines.
+
+See also: C<guestfs_command_lines>");
+
+  ("glob_expand", (RStringList "paths", [String "pattern"]), 113, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
+      [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
+       ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
+       ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
+       ["glob_expand"; "/a/b/c/*"]], ["/a/b/c/d"; "/a/b/c/e"]);
+    InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
+      [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
+       ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
+       ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
+       ["glob_expand"; "/a/*/c/*"]], ["/a/b/c/d"; "/a/b/c/e"]);
+    InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
+      [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
+       ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
+       ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
+       ["glob_expand"; "/a/*/x/*"]], [])],
+   "expand a wildcard path",
+   "\
+This command searches for all the pathnames matching
+C<pattern> according to the wildcard expansion rules
+used by the shell.
+
+If no paths match, then this returns an empty list
+(note: not an error).
+
+It is just a wrapper around the C L<glob(3)> function
+with flags C<GLOB_MARK|GLOB_BRACE>.
+See that manual page for more details.");
+
+  ("scrub_device", (RErr, [String "device"]), 114, [DangerWillRobinson],
+   [InitNone, Always, TestRun (	(* use /dev/sdc because it's smaller *)
+      [["scrub_device"; "/dev/sdc"]])],
+   "scrub (securely wipe) a 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.");
+
+  ("scrub_file", (RErr, [String "file"]), 115, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
+      [["write_file"; "/file"; "content"; "0"];
+       ["scrub_file"; "/file"]])],
+   "scrub (securely wipe) a 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.");
+
+  ("scrub_freespace", (RErr, [String "dir"]), 116, [],
+   [], (* XXX needs testing *)
+   "scrub (securely wipe) free space",
+   "\
+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.");
+
+  ("mkdtemp", (RString "dir", [String "template"]), 117, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
+      [["mkdir"; "/tmp"];
+       ["mkdtemp"; "/tmp/tmpXXXXXX"]])],
+   "create a temporary directory",
+   "\
+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)>");
+
+  ("wc_l", (RInt "lines", [String "path"]), 118, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
+      [["mount_vfs"; "ro"; "squashfs"; "/dev/sdd"; "/"];
+       ["wc_l"; "/10klines"]], 10000)],
+   "count lines in a file",
+   "\
+This command counts the lines in a file, using the
+C<wc -l> external command.");
+
+  ("wc_w", (RInt "words", [String "path"]), 119, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
+      [["mount_vfs"; "ro"; "squashfs"; "/dev/sdd"; "/"];
+       ["wc_w"; "/10klines"]], 10000)],
+   "count words in a file",
+   "\
+This command counts the words in a file, using the
+C<wc -w> external command.");
+
+  ("wc_c", (RInt "chars", [String "path"]), 120, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
+      [["mount_vfs"; "ro"; "squashfs"; "/dev/sdd"; "/"];
+       ["wc_c"; "/100kallspaces"]], 102400)],
+   "count characters in a file",
+   "\
+This command counts the characters in a file, using the
+C<wc -c> external command.");
+
+  ("head", (RStringList "lines", [String "path"]), 121, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
+      [["mount_vfs"; "ro"; "squashfs"; "/dev/sdd"; "/"];
+       ["head"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"3abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"4abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"5abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"6abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"7abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"8abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
+   "return first 10 lines of a file",
+   "\
+This command returns up to the first 10 lines of a file as
+a list of strings.");
+
+  ("head_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; String "path"]), 122, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
+      [["mount_vfs"; "ro"; "squashfs"; "/dev/sdd"; "/"];
+       ["head_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
+    InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
+      [["mount_vfs"; "ro"; "squashfs"; "/dev/sdd"; "/"];
+       ["head_n"; "-9997"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
+    InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
+      [["mount_vfs"; "ro"; "squashfs"; "/dev/sdd"; "/"];
+       ["head_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
+   "return first N lines of a file",
+   "\
+If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the first
+C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
+
+If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
+from the file C<path>, excluding the last C<nrlines> lines.
+
+If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
+
+  ("tail", (RStringList "lines", [String "path"]), 123, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
+      [["mount_vfs"; "ro"; "squashfs"; "/dev/sdd"; "/"];
+       ["tail"; "/10klines"]], ["9990abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9991abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9992abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9993abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9994abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9995abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9996abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
+   "return last 10 lines of a file",
+   "\
+This command returns up to the last 10 lines of a file as
+a list of strings.");
+
+  ("tail_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; String "path"]), 124, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
+      [["mount_vfs"; "ro"; "squashfs"; "/dev/sdd"; "/"];
+       ["tail_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
+    InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
+      [["mount_vfs"; "ro"; "squashfs"; "/dev/sdd"; "/"];
+       ["tail_n"; "-9998"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
+    InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
+      [["mount_vfs"; "ro"; "squashfs"; "/dev/sdd"; "/"];
+       ["tail_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
+   "return last N lines of a file",
+   "\
+If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the last
+C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
+
+If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
+from the file C<path>, starting with the C<-nrlines>th line.
+
+If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
+
+  ("df", (RString "output", []), 125, [],
+   [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
+	* of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
+	*)
+   "report file system disk space usage",
+   "\
+This command runs the C<df> command to report disk space used.
+
+This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions.  It
+is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
+Use C<statvfs> from programs.");
+
+  ("df_h", (RString "output", []), 126, [],
+   [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
+	* of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
+	*)
+   "report file system disk space usage (human readable)",
+   "\
+This command runs the C<df -h> command to report disk space used
+in human-readable format.
+
+This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions.  It
+is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
+Use C<statvfs> from programs.");
+
+  ("du", (RInt64 "sizekb", [String "path"]), 127, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
+      [["mkdir"; "/p"];
+       ["du"; "/p"]], 1 (* ie. 1 block, so depends on ext3 blocksize *))],
+   "estimate file space usage",
+   "\
+This command runs the C<du -s> command to estimate file space
+usage for C<path>.
+
+C<path> can be a file or a directory.  If C<path> is a directory
+then the estimate includes the contents of the directory and all
+subdirectories (recursively).
+
+The result is the estimated size in I<kilobytes>
+(ie. units of 1024 bytes).");
+
+  ("initrd_list", (RStringList "filenames", [String "path"]), 128, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
+      [["mount_vfs"; "ro"; "squashfs"; "/dev/sdd"; "/"];
+       ["initrd_list"; "/initrd"]], ["empty";"known-1";"known-2";"known-3"])],
+   "list files in an initrd",
+   "\
+This command lists out files contained in an initrd.
+
+The files are listed without any initial C</> character.  The
+files are listed in the order they appear (not necessarily
+alphabetical).  Directory names are listed as separate items.
+
+Old Linux kernels (2.4 and earlier) used a compressed ext2
+filesystem as initrd.  We I<only> support the newer initramfs
+format (compressed cpio files).");
+
+  ("mount_loop", (RErr, [String "file"; String "mountpoint"]), 129, [],
+   [],
+   "mount a file using the loop device",
+   "\
+This command lets you mount C<file> (a filesystem image
+in a file) on a mount point.  It is entirely equivalent to
+the command C<mount -o loop file mountpoint>.");
+
+  ("mkswap", (RErr, [String "device"]), 130, [],
+   [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
+       ["mkswap"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
+   "create a swap partition",
+   "\
+Create a swap partition on C<device>.");
+
+  ("mkswap_L", (RErr, [String "label"; String "device"]), 131, [],
+   [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
+       ["mkswap_L"; "hello"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
+   "create a swap partition with a label",
+   "\
+Create a swap partition on C<device> with label C<label>.");
+
+  ("mkswap_U", (RErr, [String "uuid"; String "device"]), 132, [],
+   [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+      [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
+       ["mkswap_U"; "a3a61220-882b-4f61-89f4-cf24dcc7297d"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
+   "create a swap partition with an explicit UUID",
+   "\
+Create a swap partition on C<device> with UUID C<uuid>.");
+
+  ("mknod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; String "path"]), 133, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+      [["mknod"; "0o10777"; "0"; "0"; "/node"];
+       (* NB: default umask 022 means 0777 -> 0755 in these tests *)
+       ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)]);
+    InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+      [["mknod"; "0o60777"; "66"; "99"; "/node"];
+       ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
+   "make block, character or FIFO devices",
+   "\
+This call creates block or character special devices, or
+named pipes (FIFOs).
+
+The C<mode> parameter should be the mode, using the standard
+constants.  C<devmajor> and C<devminor> are the
+device major and minor numbers, only used when creating block
+and character special devices.");
+
+  ("mkfifo", (RErr, [Int "mode"; String "path"]), 134, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+      [["mkfifo"; "0o777"; "/node"];
+       ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)])],
+   "make FIFO (named pipe)",
+   "\
+This call creates a FIFO (named pipe) called C<path> with
+mode C<mode>.  It is just a convenient wrapper around
+C<guestfs_mknod>.");
+
+  ("mknod_b", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; String "path"]), 135, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+      [["mknod_b"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/node"];
+       ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
+   "make block device node",
+   "\
+This call creates a block device node called C<path> with
+mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
+It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.");
+
+  ("mknod_c", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; String "path"]), 136, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+      [["mknod_c"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/node"];
+       ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o20755)])],
+   "make char device node",
+   "\
+This call creates a char device node called C<path> with
+mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
+It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.");
+
+  ("umask", (RInt "oldmask", [Int "mask"]), 137, [],
+   [], (* XXX umask is one of those stateful things that we should
+	* reset between each test.
+	*)
+   "set file mode creation mask (umask)",
+   "\
+This function sets the mask used for creating new files and
+device nodes to C<mask & 0777>.
+
+Typical umask values would be C<022> which creates new files
+with permissions like \"-rw-r--r--\" or \"-rwxr-xr-x\", and
+C<002> which creates new files with permissions like
+\"-rw-rw-r--\" or \"-rwxrwxr-x\".
+
+The default umask is C<022>.  This is important because it
+means that directories and device nodes will be created with
+C<0644> or C<0755> mode even if you specify C<0777>.
+
+See also L<umask(2)>, C<guestfs_mknod>, C<guestfs_mkdir>.
+
+This call returns the previous umask.");
+
+  ("readdir", (RStructList ("entries", "dirent"), [String "dir"]), 138, [],
+   [],
+   "read directories entries",
+   "\
+This returns the list of directory entries in directory C<dir>.
+
+All entries in the directory are returned, including C<.> and
+C<..>.  The entries are I<not> sorted, but returned in the same
+order as the underlying filesystem.
+
+Also this call returns basic file type information about each
+file.  The C<ftyp> field will contain one of the following characters:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item 'b'
+
+Block special
+
+=item 'c'
+
+Char special
+
+=item 'd'
+
+Directory
+
+=item 'f'
+
+FIFO (named pipe)
+
+=item 'l'
+
+Symbolic link
+
+=item 'r'
+
+Regular file
+
+=item 's'
+
+Socket
+
+=item 'u'
+
+Unknown file type
+
+=item '?'
+
+The L<readdir(3)> returned a C<d_type> field with an
+unexpected value
+
+=back
+
+This function is primarily intended for use by programs.  To
+get a simple list of names, use C<guestfs_ls>.  To get a printable
+directory for human consumption, use C<guestfs_ll>.");
+
+  ("sfdiskM", (RErr, [String "device"; StringList "lines"]), 139, [DangerWillRobinson],
+   [],
+   "create partitions on a block device",
+   "\
+This is a simplified interface to the C<guestfs_sfdisk>
+command, where partition sizes are specified in megabytes
+only (rounded to the nearest cylinder) and you don't need
+to specify the cyls, heads and sectors parameters which
+were rarely if ever used anyway.
+
+See also C<guestfs_sfdisk> and the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage.");
+
+  ("zfile", (RString "description", [String "method"; String "path"]), 140, [],
+   [],
+   "determine file type inside a compressed file",
+   "\
+This command runs C<file> after first decompressing C<path>
+using C<method>.
+
+C<method> must be one of C<gzip>, C<compress> or C<bzip2>.
+
+See also: C<guestfs_file>");
+
+  ("getxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [String "path"]), 141, [],
+   [],
+   "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
+   "\
+This call lists the extended attributes of the file or directory
+C<path>.
+
+At the system call level, this is a combination of the
+L<listxattr(2)> and L<getxattr(2)> calls.
+
+See also: C<guestfs_lgetxattrs>, L<attr(5)>.");
+
+  ("lgetxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [String "path"]), 142, [],
+   [],
+   "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
+   "\
+This is the same as C<guestfs_getxattrs>, but if C<path>
+is a symbolic link, then it returns the extended attributes
+of the link itself.");
+
+  ("setxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
+		       String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
+		       String "path"]), 143, [],
+   [],
+   "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
+   "\
+This call sets the extended attribute named C<xattr>
+of the file C<path> to the value C<val> (of length C<vallen>).
+The value is arbitrary 8 bit data.
+
+See also: C<guestfs_lsetxattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
+
+  ("lsetxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
+			String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
+			String "path"]), 144, [],
+   [],
+   "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
+   "\
+This is the same as C<guestfs_setxattr>, but if C<path>
+is a symbolic link, then it sets an extended attribute
+of the link itself.");
+
+  ("removexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; String "path"]), 145, [],
+   [],
+   "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
+   "\
+This call removes the extended attribute named C<xattr>
+of the file C<path>.
+
+See also: C<guestfs_lremovexattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
+
+  ("lremovexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; String "path"]), 146, [],
+   [],
+   "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
+   "\
+This is the same as C<guestfs_removexattr>, but if C<path>
+is a symbolic link, then it removes an extended attribute
+of the link itself.");
+
+  ("mountpoints", (RHashtable "mps", []), 147, [],
+   [],
+   "show mountpoints",
+   "\
+This call is similar to C<guestfs_mounts>.  That call returns
+a list of devices.  This one returns a hash table (map) of
+device name to directory where the device is mounted.");
+
+  ("mkmountpoint", (RErr, [String "path"]), 148, [],
+   [],
+   "create a mountpoint",
+   "\
+C<guestfs_mkmountpoint> and C<guestfs_rmmountpoint> are
+specialized calls that can be used to create extra mountpoints
+before mounting the first filesystem.
+
+These calls are I<only> necessary in some very limited circumstances,
+mainly the case where you want to mount a mix of unrelated and/or
+read-only filesystems together.
+
+For example, live CDs often contain a \"Russian doll\" nest of
+filesystems, an ISO outer layer, with a squashfs image inside, with
+an ext2/3 image inside that.  You can unpack this as follows
+in guestfish:
+
+ add-ro Fedora-11-i686-Live.iso
+ run
+ mkmountpoint /cd
+ mkmountpoint /squash
+ mkmountpoint /ext3
+ mount /dev/sda /cd
+ mount-loop /cd/LiveOS/squashfs.img /squash
+ mount-loop /squash/LiveOS/ext3fs.img /ext3
+
+The inner filesystem is now unpacked under the /ext3 mountpoint.");
+
+  ("rmmountpoint", (RErr, [String "path"]), 149, [],
+   [],
+   "remove a mountpoint",
+   "\
+This calls removes a mountpoint that was previously created
+with C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>.  See C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>
+for full details.");
+
+  ("read_file", (RBufferOut "content", [String "path"]), 150, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+      [["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
+       ["read_file"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
+   "read a file",
+   "\
+This calls returns the contents of the file C<path> as a
+buffer.
+
+Unlike C<guestfs_cat>, this function can correctly
+handle files that contain embedded ASCII NUL characters.
+However unlike C<guestfs_download>, this function is limited
+in the total size of file that can be handled.");
+
 ]
 
 let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions
@@ -2354,100 +3045,170 @@ let all_functions_sorted =
   List.sort (fun (n1,_,_,_,_,_,_) (n2,_,_,_,_,_,_) ->
 	       compare n1 n2) all_functions
 
-(* Column names and types from LVM PVs/VGs/LVs. *)
-let pv_cols = [
-  "pv_name", `String;
-  "pv_uuid", `UUID;
-  "pv_fmt", `String;
-  "pv_size", `Bytes;
-  "dev_size", `Bytes;
-  "pv_free", `Bytes;
-  "pv_used", `Bytes;
-  "pv_attr", `String (* XXX *);
-  "pv_pe_count", `Int;
-  "pv_pe_alloc_count", `Int;
-  "pv_tags", `String;
-  "pe_start", `Bytes;
-  "pv_mda_count", `Int;
-  "pv_mda_free", `Bytes;
-(* Not in Fedora 10:
-  "pv_mda_size", `Bytes;
-*)
+(* Field types for structures. *)
+type field =
+  | FChar			(* C 'char' (really, a 7 bit byte). *)
+  | FString			(* nul-terminated ASCII string. *)
+  | FBuffer			(* opaque buffer of bytes, (char *, int) pair *)
+  | FUInt32
+  | FInt32
+  | FUInt64
+  | FInt64
+  | FBytes		        (* Any int measure that counts bytes. *)
+  | FUUID			(* 32 bytes long, NOT nul-terminated. *)
+  | FOptPercent			(* [0..100], or -1 meaning "not present". *)
+
+(* Because we generate extra parsing code for LVM command line tools,
+ * we have to pull out the LVM columns separately here.
+ *)
+let lvm_pv_cols = [
+  "pv_name", FString;
+  "pv_uuid", FUUID;
+  "pv_fmt", FString;
+  "pv_size", FBytes;
+  "dev_size", FBytes;
+  "pv_free", FBytes;
+  "pv_used", FBytes;
+  "pv_attr", FString (* XXX *);
+  "pv_pe_count", FInt64;
+  "pv_pe_alloc_count", FInt64;
+  "pv_tags", FString;
+  "pe_start", FBytes;
+  "pv_mda_count", FInt64;
+  "pv_mda_free", FBytes;
+  (* Not in Fedora 10:
+     "pv_mda_size", FBytes;
+  *)
 ]
-let vg_cols = [
-  "vg_name", `String;
-  "vg_uuid", `UUID;
-  "vg_fmt", `String;
-  "vg_attr", `String (* XXX *);
-  "vg_size", `Bytes;
-  "vg_free", `Bytes;
-  "vg_sysid", `String;
-  "vg_extent_size", `Bytes;
-  "vg_extent_count", `Int;
-  "vg_free_count", `Int;
-  "max_lv", `Int;
-  "max_pv", `Int;
-  "pv_count", `Int;
-  "lv_count", `Int;
-  "snap_count", `Int;
-  "vg_seqno", `Int;
-  "vg_tags", `String;
-  "vg_mda_count", `Int;
-  "vg_mda_free", `Bytes;
-(* Not in Fedora 10:
-  "vg_mda_size", `Bytes;
-*)
+let lvm_vg_cols = [
+  "vg_name", FString;
+  "vg_uuid", FUUID;
+  "vg_fmt", FString;
+  "vg_attr", FString (* XXX *);
+  "vg_size", FBytes;
+  "vg_free", FBytes;
+  "vg_sysid", FString;
+  "vg_extent_size", FBytes;
+  "vg_extent_count", FInt64;
+  "vg_free_count", FInt64;
+  "max_lv", FInt64;
+  "max_pv", FInt64;
+  "pv_count", FInt64;
+  "lv_count", FInt64;
+  "snap_count", FInt64;
+  "vg_seqno", FInt64;
+  "vg_tags", FString;
+  "vg_mda_count", FInt64;
+  "vg_mda_free", FBytes;
+  (* Not in Fedora 10:
+     "vg_mda_size", FBytes;
+  *)
 ]
-let lv_cols = [
-  "lv_name", `String;
-  "lv_uuid", `UUID;
-  "lv_attr", `String (* XXX *);
-  "lv_major", `Int;
-  "lv_minor", `Int;
-  "lv_kernel_major", `Int;
-  "lv_kernel_minor", `Int;
-  "lv_size", `Bytes;
-  "seg_count", `Int;
-  "origin", `String;
-  "snap_percent", `OptPercent;
-  "copy_percent", `OptPercent;
-  "move_pv", `String;
-  "lv_tags", `String;
-  "mirror_log", `String;
-  "modules", `String;
+let lvm_lv_cols = [
+  "lv_name", FString;
+  "lv_uuid", FUUID;
+  "lv_attr", FString (* XXX *);
+  "lv_major", FInt64;
+  "lv_minor", FInt64;
+  "lv_kernel_major", FInt64;
+  "lv_kernel_minor", FInt64;
+  "lv_size", FBytes;
+  "seg_count", FInt64;
+  "origin", FString;
+  "snap_percent", FOptPercent;
+  "copy_percent", FOptPercent;
+  "move_pv", FString;
+  "lv_tags", FString;
+  "mirror_log", FString;
+  "modules", FString;
 ]
 
-(* Column names and types from stat structures.
- * NB. Can't use things like 'st_atime' because glibc header files
- * define some of these as macros.  Ugh.
+(* Names and fields in all structures (in RStruct and RStructList)
+ * that we support.
  *)
-let stat_cols = [
-  "dev", `Int;
-  "ino", `Int;
-  "mode", `Int;
-  "nlink", `Int;
-  "uid", `Int;
-  "gid", `Int;
-  "rdev", `Int;
-  "size", `Int;
-  "blksize", `Int;
-  "blocks", `Int;
-  "atime", `Int;
-  "mtime", `Int;
-  "ctime", `Int;
-]
-let statvfs_cols = [
-  "bsize", `Int;
-  "frsize", `Int;
-  "blocks", `Int;
-  "bfree", `Int;
-  "bavail", `Int;
-  "files", `Int;
-  "ffree", `Int;
-  "favail", `Int;
-  "fsid", `Int;
-  "flag", `Int;
-  "namemax", `Int;
+let structs = [
+  (* The old RIntBool return type, only ever used for aug_defnode.  Do
+   * not use this struct in any new code.
+   *)
+  "int_bool", [
+    "i", FInt32;		(* for historical compatibility *)
+    "b", FInt32;		(* for historical compatibility *)
+  ];
+
+  (* LVM PVs, VGs, LVs. *)
+  "lvm_pv", lvm_pv_cols;
+  "lvm_vg", lvm_vg_cols;
+  "lvm_lv", lvm_lv_cols;
+
+  (* Column names and types from stat structures.
+   * NB. Can't use things like 'st_atime' because glibc header files
+   * define some of these as macros.  Ugh.
+   *)
+  "stat", [
+    "dev", FInt64;
+    "ino", FInt64;
+    "mode", FInt64;
+    "nlink", FInt64;
+    "uid", FInt64;
+    "gid", FInt64;
+    "rdev", FInt64;
+    "size", FInt64;
+    "blksize", FInt64;
+    "blocks", FInt64;
+    "atime", FInt64;
+    "mtime", FInt64;
+    "ctime", FInt64;
+  ];
+  "statvfs", [
+    "bsize", FInt64;
+    "frsize", FInt64;
+    "blocks", FInt64;
+    "bfree", FInt64;
+    "bavail", FInt64;
+    "files", FInt64;
+    "ffree", FInt64;
+    "favail", FInt64;
+    "fsid", FInt64;
+    "flag", FInt64;
+    "namemax", FInt64;
+  ];
+
+  (* Column names in dirent structure. *)
+  "dirent", [
+    "ino", FInt64;
+    (* 'b' 'c' 'd' 'f' (FIFO) 'l' 'r' (regular file) 's' 'u' '?' *)
+    "ftyp", FChar;
+    "name", FString;
+  ];
+
+  (* Version numbers. *)
+  "version", [
+    "major", FInt64;
+    "minor", FInt64;
+    "release", FInt64;
+    "extra", FString;
+  ];
+
+  (* Extended attribute. *)
+  "xattr", [
+    "attrname", FString;
+    "attrval", FBuffer;
+  ];
+] (* end of structs *)
+
+(* Ugh, Java has to be different ..
+ * These names are also used by the Haskell bindings.
+ *)
+let java_structs = [
+  "int_bool", "IntBool";
+  "lvm_pv", "PV";
+  "lvm_vg", "VG";
+  "lvm_lv", "LV";
+  "stat", "Stat";
+  "statvfs", "StatVFS";
+  "dirent", "Dirent";
+  "version", "Version";
+  "xattr", "XAttr";
 ]
 
 (* Used for testing language bindings. *)
@@ -2458,6 +3219,17 @@ type callt =
   | CallInt of int
   | CallBool of bool
 
+(* Used to memoize the result of pod2text. *)
+let pod2text_memo_filename = "src/.pod2text.data"
+let pod2text_memo : ((int * string * string), string list) Hashtbl.t =
+  try
+    let chan = open_in pod2text_memo_filename in
+    let v = input_value chan in
+    close_in chan;
+    v
+  with
+    _ -> Hashtbl.create 13
+
 (* Useful functions.
  * Note we don't want to use any external OCaml libraries which
  * makes this a bit harder than it should be.
@@ -2573,10 +3345,22 @@ let name_of_argt = function
   | String n | OptString n | StringList n | Bool n | Int n
   | FileIn n | FileOut n -> n
 
+let java_name_of_struct typ =
+  try List.assoc typ java_structs
+  with Not_found ->
+    failwithf
+      "java_name_of_struct: no java_structs entry corresponding to %s" typ
+
+let cols_of_struct typ =
+  try List.assoc typ structs
+  with Not_found ->
+    failwithf "cols_of_struct: unknown struct %s" typ
+
 let seq_of_test = function
   | TestRun s | TestOutput (s, _) | TestOutputList (s, _)
   | TestOutputListOfDevices (s, _)
-  | TestOutputInt (s, _) | TestOutputTrue s | TestOutputFalse s
+  | TestOutputInt (s, _) | TestOutputIntOp (s, _, _)
+  | TestOutputTrue s | TestOutputFalse s
   | TestOutputLength (s, _) | TestOutputStruct (s, _)
   | TestLastFail s -> s
 
@@ -2623,8 +3407,8 @@ let check_functions () =
 	  failwithf "%s has a param/ret called 'value', which causes conflicts in the OCaml bindings, use something like 'val' or a more descriptive name" name;
 	if n = "int" || n = "char" || n = "short" || n = "long" then
 	  failwithf "%s has a param/ret which conflicts with a C type (eg. 'int', 'char' etc.)" name;
-	if n = "i" then
-	  failwithf "%s has a param/ret called 'i', which will cause some conflicts in the generated code" name;
+	if n = "i" || n = "n" then
+	  failwithf "%s has a param/ret called 'i' or 'n', which will cause some conflicts in the generated code" name;
 	if n = "argv" || n = "args" then
 	  failwithf "%s has a param/ret called 'argv' or 'args', which will cause some conflicts in the generated code" name
       in
@@ -2632,13 +3416,9 @@ let check_functions () =
       (match fst style with
        | RErr -> ()
        | RInt n | RInt64 n | RBool n | RConstString n | RString n
-       | RStringList n | RPVList n | RVGList n | RLVList n
-       | RStat n | RStatVFS n
-       | RHashtable n ->
+       | RStringList n | RStruct (n, _) | RStructList (n, _)
+       | RHashtable n | RBufferOut n ->
 	   check_arg_ret_name n
-       | RIntBool (n,m) ->
-	   check_arg_ret_name n;
-	   check_arg_ret_name m
       );
       List.iter (fun arg -> check_arg_ret_name (name_of_argt arg)) (snd style)
   ) all_functions;
@@ -2804,41 +3584,25 @@ I<The caller must free the returned string after use>.\n\n"
 	     pr "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>.\n\n"
-	 | RIntBool _ ->
-	     pr "This function returns a C<struct guestfs_int_bool *>,
-or NULL if there was an error.
-I<The caller must call C<guestfs_free_int_bool> after use>.\n\n"
-	 | RPVList _ ->
-	     pr "This function returns a C<struct guestfs_lvm_pv_list *>
-(see E<lt>guestfs-structs.hE<gt>),
-or NULL if there was an error.
-I<The caller must call C<guestfs_free_lvm_pv_list> after use>.\n\n"
-	 | RVGList _ ->
-	     pr "This function returns a C<struct guestfs_lvm_vg_list *>
-(see E<lt>guestfs-structs.hE<gt>),
+	 | RStruct (_, typ) ->
+	     pr "This function returns a C<struct guestfs_%s *>,
 or NULL if there was an error.
-I<The caller must call C<guestfs_free_lvm_vg_list> after use>.\n\n"
-	 | RLVList _ ->
-	     pr "This function returns a C<struct guestfs_lvm_lv_list *>
+I<The caller must call C<guestfs_free_%s> after use>.\n\n" typ typ
+	 | RStructList (_, typ) ->
+	     pr "This function returns a C<struct guestfs_%s_list *>
 (see E<lt>guestfs-structs.hE<gt>),
 or NULL if there was an error.
-I<The caller must call C<guestfs_free_lvm_lv_list> after use>.\n\n"
-	 | RStat _ ->
-	     pr "This function returns a C<struct guestfs_stat *>
-(see L<stat(2)> and E<lt>guestfs-structs.hE<gt>),
-or NULL if there was an error.
-I<The caller must call C<free> after use>.\n\n"
-	 | RStatVFS _ ->
-	     pr "This function returns a C<struct guestfs_statvfs *>
-(see L<statvfs(2)> and E<lt>guestfs-structs.hE<gt>),
-or NULL if there was an error.
-I<The caller must call C<free> after use>.\n\n"
+I<The caller must call C<guestfs_free_%s_list> after use>.\n\n" typ typ
 	 | RHashtable _ ->
 	     pr "This function returns a NULL-terminated array of
 strings, or NULL if there was an error.
 The array of strings will always have length C<2n+1>, where
 C<n> keys and values alternate, followed by the trailing NULL entry.
 I<The caller must free the strings and the array after use>.\n\n"
+	 | RBufferOut _ ->
+	     pr "This function returns a buffer, or NULL on error.
+The size of the returned buffer is written to C<*size_r>.
+I<The caller must free the returned buffer after use>.\n\n"
 	);
 	if List.mem ProtocolLimitWarning flags then
 	  pr "%s\n\n" protocol_limit_warning;
@@ -2848,34 +3612,43 @@ I<The caller must free the strings and the array after use>.\n\n"
   ) all_functions_sorted
 
 and generate_structs_pod () =
-  (* LVM structs documentation. *)
+  (* Structs documentation. *)
   List.iter (
     fun (typ, cols) ->
-      pr "=head2 guestfs_lvm_%s\n" typ;
+      pr "=head2 guestfs_%s\n" typ;
       pr "\n";
-      pr " struct guestfs_lvm_%s {\n" typ;
+      pr " struct guestfs_%s {\n" typ;
       List.iter (
 	function
-	| name, `String -> pr "  char *%s;\n" name
-	| name, `UUID ->
-	    pr "  /* The next field is NOT nul-terminated, be careful when printing it: */\n";
-	    pr "  char %s[32];\n" name
-	| name, `Bytes -> pr "  uint64_t %s;\n" name
-	| name, `Int -> pr "  int64_t %s;\n" name
-	| name, `OptPercent ->
-	    pr "  /* The next field is [0..100] or -1 meaning 'not present': */\n";
-	    pr "  float %s;\n" name
+	| name, FChar -> pr "   char %s;\n" name
+	| name, FUInt32 -> pr "   uint32_t %s;\n" name
+	| name, FInt32 -> pr "   int32_t %s;\n" name
+	| name, (FUInt64|FBytes) -> pr "   uint64_t %s;\n" name
+	| name, FInt64 -> pr "   int64_t %s;\n" name
+	| name, FString -> pr "   char *%s;\n" name
+	| name, FBuffer ->
+	    pr "   /* The next two fields describe a byte array. */\n";
+	    pr "   uint32_t %s_len;\n" name;
+	    pr "   char *%s;\n" name
+	| name, FUUID ->
+	    pr "   /* The next field is NOT nul-terminated, be careful when printing it: */\n";
+	    pr "   char %s[32];\n" name
+	| name, FOptPercent ->
+	    pr "   /* The next field is [0..100] or -1 meaning 'not present': */\n";
+	    pr "   float %s;\n" name
       ) cols;
+      pr " };\n";
       pr " \n";
-      pr " struct guestfs_lvm_%s_list {\n" typ;
+      pr " struct guestfs_%s_list {\n" typ;
       pr "   uint32_t len; /* Number of elements in list. */\n";
-      pr "   struct guestfs_lvm_%s *val; /* Elements. */\n" typ;
+      pr "   struct guestfs_%s *val; /* Elements. */\n" typ;
       pr " };\n";
       pr " \n";
-      pr " void guestfs_free_lvm_%s_list (struct guestfs_free_lvm_%s_list *);\n"
+      pr " void guestfs_free_%s (struct guestfs_free_%s *);\n" typ typ;
+      pr " void guestfs_free_%s_list (struct guestfs_free_%s_list *);\n"
 	typ typ;
       pr "\n"
-  ) ["pv", pv_cols; "vg", vg_cols; "lv", lv_cols]
+  ) structs
 
 (* Generate the protocol (XDR) file, 'guestfs_protocol.x' and
  * indirectly 'guestfs_protocol.h' and 'guestfs_protocol.c'.
@@ -2892,35 +3665,25 @@ and generate_xdr () =
   pr "typedef string str<>;\n";
   pr "\n";
 
-  (* LVM internal structures. *)
-  List.iter (
-    function
-    | typ, cols ->
-	pr "struct guestfs_lvm_int_%s {\n" typ;
-	List.iter (function
-		   | name, `String -> pr "  string %s<>;\n" name
-		   | name, `UUID -> pr "  opaque %s[32];\n" name
-		   | name, `Bytes -> pr "  hyper %s;\n" name
-		   | name, `Int -> pr "  hyper %s;\n" name
-		   | name, `OptPercent -> pr "  float %s;\n" name
-		  ) cols;
-	pr "};\n";
-	pr "\n";
-	pr "typedef struct guestfs_lvm_int_%s guestfs_lvm_int_%s_list<>;\n" typ typ;
-	pr "\n";
-  ) ["pv", pv_cols; "vg", vg_cols; "lv", lv_cols];
-
-  (* Stat internal structures. *)
+  (* Internal structures. *)
   List.iter (
     function
     | typ, cols ->
 	pr "struct guestfs_int_%s {\n" typ;
 	List.iter (function
-		   | name, `Int -> pr "  hyper %s;\n" name
+		   | name, FChar -> pr "  char %s;\n" name
+		   | name, FString -> pr "  string %s<>;\n" name
+		   | name, FBuffer -> pr "  opaque %s<>;\n" name
+		   | name, FUUID -> pr "  opaque %s[32];\n" name
+		   | name, (FInt32|FUInt32) -> pr "  int %s;\n" name
+		   | name, (FInt64|FUInt64|FBytes) -> pr "  hyper %s;\n" name
+		   | name, FOptPercent -> pr "  float %s;\n" name
 		  ) cols;
 	pr "};\n";
 	pr "\n";
-  ) ["stat", stat_cols; "statvfs", statvfs_cols];
+	pr "typedef struct guestfs_int_%s guestfs_int_%s_list<>;\n" typ typ;
+	pr "\n";
+  ) structs;
 
   List.iter (
     fun (shortname, style, _, _, _, _, _) ->
@@ -2965,35 +3728,22 @@ and generate_xdr () =
 	   pr "struct %s_ret {\n" name;
 	   pr "  str %s<>;\n" n;
 	   pr "};\n\n"
-       | RIntBool (n,m) ->
+       | RStruct (n, typ) ->
 	   pr "struct %s_ret {\n" name;
-	   pr "  int %s;\n" n;
-	   pr "  bool %s;\n" m;
-	   pr "};\n\n"
-       | RPVList n ->
-	   pr "struct %s_ret {\n" name;
-	   pr "  guestfs_lvm_int_pv_list %s;\n" n;
-	   pr "};\n\n"
-       | RVGList n ->
-	   pr "struct %s_ret {\n" name;
-	   pr "  guestfs_lvm_int_vg_list %s;\n" n;
-	   pr "};\n\n"
-       | RLVList n ->
-	   pr "struct %s_ret {\n" name;
-	   pr "  guestfs_lvm_int_lv_list %s;\n" n;
+	   pr "  guestfs_int_%s %s;\n" typ n;
 	   pr "};\n\n"
-       | RStat n ->
+       | RStructList (n, typ) ->
 	   pr "struct %s_ret {\n" name;
-	   pr "  guestfs_int_stat %s;\n" n;
-	   pr "};\n\n"
-       | RStatVFS n ->
-	   pr "struct %s_ret {\n" name;
-	   pr "  guestfs_int_statvfs %s;\n" n;
+	   pr "  guestfs_int_%s_list %s;\n" typ n;
 	   pr "};\n\n"
        | RHashtable n ->
 	   pr "struct %s_ret {\n" name;
 	   pr "  str %s<>;\n" n;
 	   pr "};\n\n"
+       | RBufferOut n ->
+	   pr "struct %s_ret {\n" name;
+	   pr "  opaque %s<>;\n" n;
+	   pr "};\n\n"
       );
   ) daemon_functions;
 
@@ -3081,47 +3831,35 @@ and generate_structs_h () =
    * must be identical to what rpcgen / the RFC defines.
    *)
 
-  (* guestfs_int_bool structure. *)
-  pr "struct guestfs_int_bool {\n";
-  pr "  int32_t i;\n";
-  pr "  int32_t b;\n";
-  pr "};\n";
-  pr "\n";
-
-  (* LVM public structures. *)
+  (* Public structures. *)
   List.iter (
-    function
-    | typ, cols ->
-	pr "struct guestfs_lvm_%s {\n" typ;
-	List.iter (
-	  function
-	  | name, `String -> pr "  char *%s;\n" name
-	  | name, `UUID -> pr "  char %s[32]; /* this is NOT nul-terminated, be careful when printing */\n" name
-	  | name, `Bytes -> pr "  uint64_t %s;\n" name
-	  | name, `Int -> pr "  int64_t %s;\n" name
-	  | name, `OptPercent -> pr "  float %s; /* [0..100] or -1 */\n" name
-	) cols;
-	pr "};\n";
-	pr "\n";
-	pr "struct guestfs_lvm_%s_list {\n" typ;
-	pr "  uint32_t len;\n";
-	pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_%s *val;\n" typ;
-	pr "};\n";
-	pr "\n"
-  ) ["pv", pv_cols; "vg", vg_cols; "lv", lv_cols];
-
-  (* Stat structures. *)
-  List.iter (
-    function
-    | typ, cols ->
-	pr "struct guestfs_%s {\n" typ;
-	List.iter (
-	  function
-	  | name, `Int -> pr "  int64_t %s;\n" name
-	) cols;
-	pr "};\n";
-	pr "\n"
-  ) ["stat", stat_cols; "statvfs", statvfs_cols]
+    fun (typ, cols) ->
+      pr "struct guestfs_%s {\n" typ;
+      List.iter (
+	function
+	| name, FChar -> pr "  char %s;\n" name
+	| name, FString -> pr "  char *%s;\n" name
+	| name, FBuffer ->
+	    pr "  uint32_t %s_len;\n" name;
+	    pr "  char *%s;\n" name
+	| name, FUUID -> pr "  char %s[32]; /* this is NOT nul-terminated, be careful when printing */\n" name
+	| name, FUInt32 -> pr "  uint32_t %s;\n" name
+	| name, FInt32 -> pr "  int32_t %s;\n" name
+	| name, (FUInt64|FBytes) -> pr "  uint64_t %s;\n" name
+	| name, FInt64 -> pr "  int64_t %s;\n" name
+	| name, FOptPercent -> pr "  float %s; /* [0..100] or -1 */\n" name
+      ) cols;
+      pr "};\n";
+      pr "\n";
+      pr "struct guestfs_%s_list {\n" typ;
+      pr "  uint32_t len;\n";
+      pr "  struct guestfs_%s *val;\n" typ;
+      pr "};\n";
+      pr "\n";
+      pr "extern void guestfs_free_%s (struct guestfs_%s *);\n" typ typ;
+      pr "extern void guestfs_free_%s_list (struct guestfs_%s_list *);\n" typ typ;
+      pr "\n"
+  ) structs
 
 (* Generate the guestfs-actions.h file. *)
 and generate_actions_h () =
@@ -3189,7 +3927,7 @@ check_state (guestfs_h *g, const char *caller)
 {
   if (!guestfs_is_ready (g)) {
     if (guestfs_is_config (g))
-      error (g, \"%%s: call launch() before using this function\",
+      error (g, \"%%s: call launch before using this function\\n(in guestfish, don't forget to use the 'run' command)\",
         caller);
     else if (guestfs_is_launching (g))
       error (g, \"%%s: call wait_ready() before using this function\",
@@ -3226,10 +3964,8 @@ check_state (guestfs_h *g, const char *caller)
 	   failwithf "RConstString cannot be returned from a daemon function"
        | RInt _ | RInt64 _
        | RBool _ | RString _ | RStringList _
-       | RIntBool _
-       | RPVList _ | RVGList _ | RLVList _
-       | RStat _ | RStatVFS _
-       | RHashtable _ ->
+       | RStruct _ | RStructList _
+       | RHashtable _ | RBufferOut _ ->
 	   pr "  struct %s_ret ret;\n" name
       );
       pr "};\n";
@@ -3269,14 +4005,12 @@ check_state (guestfs_h *g, const char *caller)
 	   failwithf "RConstString cannot be returned from a daemon function"
        | RInt _ | RInt64 _
        | RBool _ | RString _ | RStringList _
-       | RIntBool _
-       | RPVList _ | RVGList _ | RLVList _
-       | RStat _ | RStatVFS _
-       | RHashtable _ ->
-	    pr "  if (!xdr_%s_ret (xdr, &ctx->ret)) {\n" name;
-	    pr "    error (g, \"%%s: failed to parse reply\", \"%s\");\n" name;
-	    pr "    return;\n";
-	    pr "  }\n";
+       | RStruct _ | RStructList _
+       | RHashtable _ | RBufferOut _ ->
+	   pr "  if (!xdr_%s_ret (xdr, &ctx->ret)) {\n" name;
+	   pr "    error (g, \"%%s: failed to parse reply\", \"%s\");\n" name;
+	   pr "    return;\n";
+	   pr "  }\n";
       );
 
       pr " done:\n";
@@ -3292,10 +4026,9 @@ check_state (guestfs_h *g, const char *caller)
 	| RErr | RInt _ | RInt64 _ | RBool _ -> "-1"
 	| RConstString _ ->
 	    failwithf "RConstString cannot be returned from a daemon function"
-	| RString _ | RStringList _ | RIntBool _
-	| RPVList _ | RVGList _ | RLVList _
-	| RStat _ | RStatVFS _
-	| RHashtable _ ->
+	| RString _ | RStringList _
+	| RStruct _ | RStructList _
+	| RHashtable _ | RBufferOut _ ->
 	    "NULL" in
 
       pr "{\n";
@@ -3427,17 +4160,46 @@ check_state (guestfs_h *g, const char *caller)
 	     n n;
 	   pr "  ctx.ret.%s.%s_val[ctx.ret.%s.%s_len] = NULL;\n" n n n n;
 	   pr "  return ctx.ret.%s.%s_val;\n" n n
-       | RIntBool _ ->
-	   pr "  /* caller with free this */\n";
-	   pr "  return safe_memdup (g, &ctx.ret, sizeof (ctx.ret));\n"
-       | RPVList n | RVGList n | RLVList n
-       | RStat n | RStatVFS n ->
+       | RStruct (n, _) ->
+	   pr "  /* caller will free this */\n";
+	   pr "  return safe_memdup (g, &ctx.ret.%s, sizeof (ctx.ret.%s));\n" n n
+       | RStructList (n, _) ->
 	   pr "  /* caller will free this */\n";
 	   pr "  return safe_memdup (g, &ctx.ret.%s, sizeof (ctx.ret.%s));\n" n n
+       | RBufferOut n ->
+	   pr "  *size_r = ctx.ret.%s.%s_len;\n" n n;
+	   pr "  return ctx.ret.%s.%s_val; /* caller will free */\n" n n
       );
 
       pr "}\n\n"
-  ) daemon_functions
+  ) daemon_functions;
+
+  (* Functions to free structures. *)
+  pr "/* Structure-freeing functions.  These rely on the fact that the\n";
+  pr " * structure format is identical to the XDR format.  See note in\n";
+  pr " * generator.ml.\n";
+  pr " */\n";
+  pr "\n";
+
+  List.iter (
+    fun (typ, _) ->
+      pr "void\n";
+      pr "guestfs_free_%s (struct guestfs_%s *x)\n" typ typ;
+      pr "{\n";
+      pr "  xdr_free ((xdrproc_t) xdr_guestfs_int_%s, (char *) x);\n" typ;
+      pr "  free (x);\n";
+      pr "}\n";
+      pr "\n";
+
+      pr "void\n";
+      pr "guestfs_free_%s_list (struct guestfs_%s_list *x)\n" typ typ;
+      pr "{\n";
+      pr "  xdr_free ((xdrproc_t) xdr_guestfs_int_%s_list, (char *) x);\n" typ;
+      pr "  free (x);\n";
+      pr "}\n";
+      pr "\n";
+
+  ) structs;
 
 (* Generate daemon/actions.h. *)
 and generate_daemon_actions_h () =
@@ -3448,9 +4210,9 @@ and generate_daemon_actions_h () =
 
   List.iter (
     fun (name, style, _, _, _, _, _) ->
-	generate_prototype
-	  ~single_line:true ~newline:true ~in_daemon:true ~prefix:"do_"
-	  name style;
+      generate_prototype
+	~single_line:true ~newline:true ~in_daemon:true ~prefix:"do_"
+	name style;
   ) daemon_functions
 
 (* Generate the server-side stubs. *)
@@ -3486,12 +4248,12 @@ and generate_daemon_actions () =
 	    failwithf "RConstString cannot be returned from a daemon function"
 	| RString _ -> pr "  char *r;\n"; "NULL"
 	| RStringList _ | RHashtable _ -> pr "  char **r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RIntBool _ -> pr "  guestfs_%s_ret *r;\n" name; "NULL"
-	| RPVList _ -> pr "  guestfs_lvm_int_pv_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RVGList _ -> pr "  guestfs_lvm_int_vg_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RLVList _ -> pr "  guestfs_lvm_int_lv_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RStat _ -> pr "  guestfs_int_stat *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RStatVFS _ -> pr "  guestfs_int_statvfs *r;\n"; "NULL" in
+	| RStruct (_, typ) -> pr "  guestfs_int_%s *r;\n" typ; "NULL"
+	| RStructList (_, typ) -> pr "  guestfs_int_%s_list *r;\n" typ; "NULL"
+	| RBufferOut _ ->
+	    pr "  size_t size;\n";
+	    pr "  char *r;\n";
+	    "NULL" in
 
       (match snd style with
        | [] -> ()
@@ -3545,11 +4307,11 @@ and generate_daemon_actions () =
       (* Don't want to call the impl with any FileIn or FileOut
        * parameters, since these go "outside" the RPC protocol.
        *)
-      let argsnofile =
+      let args' =
 	List.filter (function FileIn _ | FileOut _ -> false | _ -> true)
 	  (snd style) in
       pr "  r = do_%s " name;
-      generate_call_args argsnofile;
+      generate_c_call_args (fst style, args');
       pr ";\n";
 
       pr "  if (r == %s)\n" error_code;
@@ -3587,18 +4349,27 @@ and generate_daemon_actions () =
 	    pr "  reply ((xdrproc_t) &xdr_guestfs_%s_ret, (char *) &ret);\n"
 	      name;
 	    pr "  free_strings (r);\n"
-	| RIntBool _ ->
-	    pr "  reply ((xdrproc_t) xdr_guestfs_%s_ret, (char *) r);\n"
+	| RStruct (n, _) ->
+	    pr "  struct guestfs_%s_ret ret;\n" name;
+	    pr "  ret.%s = *r;\n" n;
+	    pr "  reply ((xdrproc_t) xdr_guestfs_%s_ret, (char *) &ret);\n"
 	      name;
-	    pr "  xdr_free ((xdrproc_t) xdr_guestfs_%s_ret, (char *) r);\n" name
-	| RPVList n | RVGList n | RLVList n
-	| RStat n | RStatVFS n ->
+	    pr "  xdr_free ((xdrproc_t) xdr_guestfs_%s_ret, (char *) &ret);\n"
+	      name
+	| RStructList (n, _) ->
 	    pr "  struct guestfs_%s_ret ret;\n" name;
 	    pr "  ret.%s = *r;\n" n;
 	    pr "  reply ((xdrproc_t) xdr_guestfs_%s_ret, (char *) &ret);\n"
 	      name;
 	    pr "  xdr_free ((xdrproc_t) xdr_guestfs_%s_ret, (char *) &ret);\n"
 	      name
+	| RBufferOut n ->
+	    pr "  struct guestfs_%s_ret ret;\n" name;
+	    pr "  ret.%s.%s_val = r;\n" n n;
+	    pr "  ret.%s.%s_len = size;\n" n n;
+	    pr "  reply ((xdrproc_t) &xdr_guestfs_%s_ret, (char *) &ret);\n"
+	      name;
+	    pr "  free (r);\n"
       );
 
       (* Free the args. *)
@@ -3621,13 +4392,13 @@ and generate_daemon_actions () =
 
   List.iter (
     fun (name, style, _, _, _, _, _) ->
-	pr "    case GUESTFS_PROC_%s:\n" (String.uppercase name);
-	pr "      %s_stub (xdr_in);\n" name;
-	pr "      break;\n"
+      pr "    case GUESTFS_PROC_%s:\n" (String.uppercase name);
+      pr "      %s_stub (xdr_in);\n" name;
+      pr "      break;\n"
   ) daemon_functions;
 
   pr "    default:\n";
-  pr "      reply_with_error (\"dispatch_incoming_message: unknown procedure number %%d\", proc_nr);\n";
+  pr "      reply_with_error (\"dispatch_incoming_message: unknown procedure number %%d, set LIBGUESTFS_PATH to point to the matching libguestfs appliance directory\", proc_nr);\n";
   pr "  }\n";
   pr "}\n";
   pr "\n";
@@ -3643,14 +4414,14 @@ and generate_daemon_actions () =
 	  typ (String.concat "," (List.map fst cols));
 	pr "\n";
 
-	pr "static int lvm_tokenize_%s (char *str, struct guestfs_lvm_int_%s *r)\n" typ typ;
+	pr "static int lvm_tokenize_%s (char *str, guestfs_int_lvm_%s *r)\n" typ typ;
 	pr "{\n";
 	pr "  char *tok, *p, *next;\n";
 	pr "  int i, j;\n";
 	pr "\n";
 	(*
-	pr "  fprintf (stderr, \"%%s: <<%%s>>\\n\", __func__, str);\n";
-	pr "\n";
+	  pr "  fprintf (stderr, \"%%s: <<%%s>>\\n\", __func__, str);\n";
+	  pr "\n";
 	*)
 	pr "  if (!str) {\n";
 	pr "    fprintf (stderr, \"%%s: failed: passed a NULL string\\n\", __func__);\n";
@@ -3671,13 +4442,13 @@ and generate_daemon_actions () =
 	    pr "  if (*p) next = p+1; else next = NULL;\n";
 	    pr "  *p = '\\0';\n";
 	    (match coltype with
-	     | `String ->
+	     | FString ->
 		 pr "  r->%s = strdup (tok);\n" name;
 		 pr "  if (r->%s == NULL) {\n" name;
 		 pr "    perror (\"strdup\");\n";
 		 pr "    return -1;\n";
 		 pr "  }\n"
-	     | `UUID ->
+	     | FUUID ->
 		 pr "  for (i = j = 0; i < 32; ++j) {\n";
 		 pr "    if (tok[j] == '\\0') {\n";
 		 pr "      fprintf (stderr, \"%%s: failed to parse UUID from '%%s'\\n\", __func__, tok);\n";
@@ -3685,23 +4456,25 @@ and generate_daemon_actions () =
 		 pr "    } else if (tok[j] != '-')\n";
 		 pr "      r->%s[i++] = tok[j];\n" name;
 		 pr "  }\n";
-	     | `Bytes ->
+	     | FBytes ->
 		 pr "  if (sscanf (tok, \"%%\"SCNu64, &r->%s) != 1) {\n" name;
 		 pr "    fprintf (stderr, \"%%s: failed to parse size '%%s' from token %%s\\n\", __func__, tok, \"%s\");\n" name;
 		 pr "    return -1;\n";
 		 pr "  }\n";
-	     | `Int ->
+	     | FInt64 ->
 		 pr "  if (sscanf (tok, \"%%\"SCNi64, &r->%s) != 1) {\n" name;
 		 pr "    fprintf (stderr, \"%%s: failed to parse int '%%s' from token %%s\\n\", __func__, tok, \"%s\");\n" name;
 		 pr "    return -1;\n";
 		 pr "  }\n";
-	     | `OptPercent ->
+	     | FOptPercent ->
 		 pr "  if (tok[0] == '\\0')\n";
 		 pr "    r->%s = -1;\n" name;
 		 pr "  else if (sscanf (tok, \"%%f\", &r->%s) != 1) {\n" name;
 		 pr "    fprintf (stderr, \"%%s: failed to parse float '%%s' from token %%s\\n\", __func__, tok, \"%s\");\n" name;
 		 pr "    return -1;\n";
 		 pr "  }\n";
+	     | FBuffer | FInt32 | FUInt32 | FUInt64 | FChar ->
+		 assert false (* can never be an LVM column *)
 	    );
 	    pr "  tok = next;\n";
 	) cols;
@@ -3714,13 +4487,13 @@ and generate_daemon_actions () =
 	pr "}\n";
 	pr "\n";
 
-	pr "guestfs_lvm_int_%s_list *\n" typ;
+	pr "guestfs_int_lvm_%s_list *\n" typ;
 	pr "parse_command_line_%ss (void)\n" typ;
 	pr "{\n";
 	pr "  char *out, *err;\n";
 	pr "  char *p, *pend;\n";
 	pr "  int r, i;\n";
-	pr "  guestfs_lvm_int_%s_list *ret;\n" typ;
+	pr "  guestfs_int_lvm_%s_list *ret;\n" typ;
 	pr "  void *newp;\n";
 	pr "\n";
 	pr "  ret = malloc (sizeof *ret);\n";
@@ -3729,8 +4502,8 @@ and generate_daemon_actions () =
 	pr "    return NULL;\n";
 	pr "  }\n";
 	pr "\n";
-	pr "  ret->guestfs_lvm_int_%s_list_len = 0;\n" typ;
-	pr "  ret->guestfs_lvm_int_%s_list_val = NULL;\n" typ;
+	pr "  ret->guestfs_int_lvm_%s_list_len = 0;\n" typ;
+	pr "  ret->guestfs_int_lvm_%s_list_val = NULL;\n" typ;
 	pr "\n";
 	pr "  r = command (&out, &err,\n";
 	pr "	       \"/sbin/lvm\", \"%ss\",\n" typ;
@@ -3765,22 +4538,22 @@ and generate_daemon_actions () =
 	pr "    }\n";
 	pr "\n";
 	pr "    /* Allocate some space to store this next entry. */\n";
-	pr "    newp = realloc (ret->guestfs_lvm_int_%s_list_val,\n" typ;
-	pr "		    sizeof (guestfs_lvm_int_%s) * (i+1));\n" typ;
+	pr "    newp = realloc (ret->guestfs_int_lvm_%s_list_val,\n" typ;
+	pr "		    sizeof (guestfs_int_lvm_%s) * (i+1));\n" typ;
 	pr "    if (newp == NULL) {\n";
 	pr "      reply_with_perror (\"realloc\");\n";
-	pr "      free (ret->guestfs_lvm_int_%s_list_val);\n" typ;
+	pr "      free (ret->guestfs_int_lvm_%s_list_val);\n" typ;
 	pr "      free (ret);\n";
 	pr "      free (out);\n";
 	pr "      return NULL;\n";
 	pr "    }\n";
-	pr "    ret->guestfs_lvm_int_%s_list_val = newp;\n" typ;
+	pr "    ret->guestfs_int_lvm_%s_list_val = newp;\n" typ;
 	pr "\n";
 	pr "    /* Tokenize the next entry. */\n";
-	pr "    r = lvm_tokenize_%s (p, &ret->guestfs_lvm_int_%s_list_val[i]);\n" typ typ;
+	pr "    r = lvm_tokenize_%s (p, &ret->guestfs_int_lvm_%s_list_val[i]);\n" typ typ;
 	pr "    if (r == -1) {\n";
 	pr "      reply_with_error (\"failed to parse output of '%ss' command\");\n" typ;
-        pr "      free (ret->guestfs_lvm_int_%s_list_val);\n" typ;
+        pr "      free (ret->guestfs_int_lvm_%s_list_val);\n" typ;
         pr "      free (ret);\n";
 	pr "      free (out);\n";
 	pr "      return NULL;\n";
@@ -3790,13 +4563,29 @@ and generate_daemon_actions () =
 	pr "    p = pend;\n";
 	pr "  }\n";
 	pr "\n";
-	pr "  ret->guestfs_lvm_int_%s_list_len = i;\n" typ;
+	pr "  ret->guestfs_int_lvm_%s_list_len = i;\n" typ;
 	pr "\n";
 	pr "  free (out);\n";
 	pr "  return ret;\n";
 	pr "}\n"
 
-  ) ["pv", pv_cols; "vg", vg_cols; "lv", lv_cols]
+  ) ["pv", lvm_pv_cols; "vg", lvm_vg_cols; "lv", lvm_lv_cols]
+
+(* Generate a list of function names, for debugging in the daemon.. *)
+and generate_daemon_names () =
+  generate_header CStyle GPLv2;
+
+  pr "#include <config.h>\n";
+  pr "\n";
+  pr "#include \"daemon.h\"\n";
+  pr "\n";
+
+  pr "/* This array is indexed by proc_nr.  See guestfs_protocol.x. */\n";
+  pr "const char *function_names[] = {\n";
+  List.iter (
+    fun (name, _, proc_nr, _, _, _, _) -> pr "  [%d] = \"%s\",\n" proc_nr name
+  ) daemon_functions;
+  pr "};\n";
 
 (* Generate the tests. *)
 and generate_tests () =
@@ -3875,6 +4664,8 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
   int fd;
   int nr_tests, test_num = 0;
 
+  setbuf (stdout, NULL);
+
   no_test_warnings ();
 
   g = guestfs_create ();
@@ -3980,11 +4771,18 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
     printf (\"guestfs_launch FAILED\\n\");
     exit (1);
   }
+
+  /* Set a timeout in case qemu hangs during launch (RHBZ#505329). */
+  alarm (600);
+
   if (guestfs_wait_ready (g) == -1) {
     printf (\"guestfs_wait_ready FAILED\\n\");
     exit (1);
   }
 
+  /* Cancel previous alarm. */
+  alarm (0);
+
   nr_tests = %d;
 
 " (500 * 1024 * 1024) (50 * 1024 * 1024) (10 * 1024 * 1024) nr_tests;
@@ -4023,6 +4821,9 @@ static int %s_skip (void)
 {
   const char *str;
 
+  str = getenv (\"TEST_ONLY\");
+  if (str)
+    return strstr (str, \"%s\") == NULL;
   str = getenv (\"SKIP_%s\");
   if (str && strcmp (str, \"1\") == 0) return 1;
   str = getenv (\"SKIP_TEST_%s\");
@@ -4030,7 +4831,7 @@ static int %s_skip (void)
   return 0;
 }
 
-" test_name (String.uppercase test_name) (String.uppercase name);
+" test_name name (String.uppercase test_name) (String.uppercase name);
 
   (match prereq with
    | Disabled | Always -> ()
@@ -4046,7 +4847,7 @@ static int %s_skip (void)
 static int %s (void)
 {
   if (%s_skip ()) {
-    printf (\"%%s skipped (reason: SKIP_TEST_* variable set)\\n\", \"%s\");
+    printf (\"        %%s skipped (reason: environment variable set)\\n\", \"%s\");
     return 0;
   }
 
@@ -4054,17 +4855,17 @@ static int %s (void)
 
   (match prereq with
    | Disabled ->
-       pr "  printf (\"%%s skipped (reason: test disabled in generator)\\n\", \"%s\");\n" test_name
+       pr "  printf (\"        %%s skipped (reason: test disabled in generator)\\n\", \"%s\");\n" test_name
    | If _ ->
        pr "  if (! %s_prereq ()) {\n" test_name;
-       pr "    printf (\"%%s skipped (reason: test prerequisite)\\n\", \"%s\");\n" test_name;
+       pr "    printf (\"        %%s skipped (reason: test prerequisite)\\n\", \"%s\");\n" test_name;
        pr "    return 0;\n";
        pr "  }\n";
        pr "\n";
        generate_one_test_body name i test_name init test;
    | Unless _ ->
        pr "  if (%s_prereq ()) {\n" test_name;
-       pr "    printf (\"%%s skipped (reason: test prerequisite)\\n\", \"%s\");\n" test_name;
+       pr "    printf (\"        %%s skipped (reason: test prerequisite)\\n\", \"%s\");\n" test_name;
        pr "    return 0;\n";
        pr "  }\n";
        pr "\n";
@@ -4080,7 +4881,11 @@ static int %s (void)
 
 and generate_one_test_body name i test_name init test =
   (match init with
-   | InitNone
+   | InitNone (* XXX at some point, InitNone and InitEmpty became
+	       * folded together as the same thing.  Really we should
+	       * make InitNone do nothing at all, but the tests may
+	       * need to be checked to make sure this is OK.
+	       *)
    | InitEmpty ->
        pr "  /* InitNone|InitEmpty for %s */\n" test_name;
        List.iter (generate_test_command_call test_name)
@@ -4093,7 +4898,7 @@ and generate_one_test_body name i test_name init test =
 	 [["blockdev_setrw"; "/dev/sda"];
 	  ["umount_all"];
 	  ["lvm_remove_all"];
-	  ["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+	  ["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
 	  ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
 	  ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"]]
    | InitBasicFSonLVM ->
@@ -4103,7 +4908,7 @@ and generate_one_test_body name i test_name init test =
 	 [["blockdev_setrw"; "/dev/sda"];
 	  ["umount_all"];
 	  ["lvm_remove_all"];
-	  ["sfdisk"; "/dev/sda"; "0"; "0"; "0"; ","];
+	  ["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ","];
 	  ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
 	  ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
 	  ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "8"];
@@ -4126,7 +4931,7 @@ and generate_one_test_body name i test_name init test =
       List.iter (generate_test_command_call test_name) seq
   | TestOutput (seq, expected) ->
       pr "  /* TestOutput for %s (%d) */\n" name i;
-      pr "  char expected[] = \"%s\";\n" (c_quote expected);
+      pr "  const char *expected = \"%s\";\n" (c_quote expected);
       let seq, last = get_seq_last seq in
       let test () =
 	pr "    if (strcmp (r, expected) != 0) {\n";
@@ -4148,7 +4953,7 @@ and generate_one_test_body name i test_name init test =
 	    pr "      return -1;\n";
 	    pr "    }\n";
             pr "    {\n";
-            pr "      char expected[] = \"%s\";\n" (c_quote str);
+            pr "      const char *expected = \"%s\";\n" (c_quote str);
 	    pr "      if (strcmp (r[%d], expected) != 0) {\n" i;
 	    pr "        fprintf (stderr, \"%s: expected \\\"%%s\\\" but got \\\"%%s\\\"\\n\", expected, r[%d]);\n" test_name i;
 	    pr "        return -1;\n";
@@ -4176,7 +4981,7 @@ and generate_one_test_body name i test_name init test =
 	    pr "      return -1;\n";
 	    pr "    }\n";
             pr "    {\n";
-            pr "      char expected[] = \"%s\";\n" (c_quote str);
+            pr "      const char *expected = \"%s\";\n" (c_quote str);
 	    pr "      r[%d][5] = 's';\n" i;
 	    pr "      if (strcmp (r[%d], expected) != 0) {\n" i;
 	    pr "        fprintf (stderr, \"%s: expected \\\"%%s\\\" but got \\\"%%s\\\"\\n\", expected, r[%d]);\n" test_name i;
@@ -4206,6 +5011,19 @@ and generate_one_test_body name i test_name init test =
       in
       List.iter (generate_test_command_call test_name) seq;
       generate_test_command_call ~test test_name last
+  | TestOutputIntOp (seq, op, expected) ->
+      pr "  /* TestOutputIntOp for %s (%d) */\n" name i;
+      let seq, last = get_seq_last seq in
+      let test () =
+	pr "    if (! (r %s %d)) {\n" op expected;
+	pr "      fprintf (stderr, \"%s: expected %s %d but got %%d\\n\","
+	  test_name op expected;
+	pr "               (int) r);\n";
+	pr "      return -1;\n";
+	pr "    }\n"
+      in
+      List.iter (generate_test_command_call test_name) seq;
+      generate_test_command_call ~test test_name last
   | TestOutputTrue seq ->
       pr "  /* TestOutputTrue for %s (%d) */\n" name i;
       let seq, last = get_seq_last seq in
@@ -4264,6 +5082,13 @@ and generate_one_test_body name i test_name init test =
 	      pr "               (int) r->%s);\n" field;
 	      pr "      return -1;\n";
 	      pr "    }\n"
+	  | CompareWithIntOp (field, op, expected) ->
+	      pr "    if (!(r->%s %s %d)) {\n" field op expected;
+	      pr "      fprintf (stderr, \"%s: %s was %%d, expected %s %d\\n\",\n"
+		test_name field op expected;
+	      pr "               (int) r->%s);\n" field;
+	      pr "      return -1;\n";
+	      pr "    }\n"
 	  | CompareWithString (field, expected) ->
 	      pr "    if (strcmp (r->%s, \"%s\") != 0) {\n" field expected;
 	      pr "      fprintf (stderr, \"%s: %s was \"%%s\", expected \"%s\"\\n\",\n"
@@ -4322,7 +5147,7 @@ and generate_test_command_call ?(expect_error = false) ?test test_name cmd =
 	| OptString n, "NULL" -> ()
 	| String n, arg
 	| OptString n, arg ->
-	    pr "    char %s[] = \"%s\";\n" n (c_quote arg);
+	    pr "    const char *%s = \"%s\";\n" n (c_quote arg);
 	| Int _, _
 	| Bool _, _
 	| FileIn _, _ | FileOut _, _ -> ()
@@ -4330,9 +5155,9 @@ and generate_test_command_call ?(expect_error = false) ?test test_name cmd =
 	    let strs = string_split " " arg in
 	    iteri (
 	      fun i str ->
-                pr "    char %s_%d[] = \"%s\";\n" n i (c_quote str);
+                pr "    const char *%s_%d = \"%s\";\n" n i (c_quote str);
 	    ) strs;
-	    pr "    char *%s[] = {\n" n;
+	    pr "    const char *%s[] = {\n" n;
 	    iteri (
 	      fun i _ -> pr "      %s_%d,\n" n i
 	    ) strs;
@@ -4350,18 +5175,14 @@ and generate_test_command_call ?(expect_error = false) ?test test_name cmd =
 	    pr "    char **r;\n";
 	    pr "    int i;\n";
 	    "NULL"
-	| RIntBool _ ->
-	    pr "    struct guestfs_int_bool *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RPVList _ ->
-	    pr "    struct guestfs_lvm_pv_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RVGList _ ->
-	    pr "    struct guestfs_lvm_vg_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RLVList _ ->
-	    pr "    struct guestfs_lvm_lv_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RStat _ ->
-	    pr "    struct guestfs_stat *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RStatVFS _ ->
-	    pr "    struct guestfs_statvfs *r;\n"; "NULL" in
+	| RStruct (_, typ) ->
+	    pr "    struct guestfs_%s *r;\n" typ; "NULL"
+	| RStructList (_, typ) ->
+	    pr "    struct guestfs_%s_list *r;\n" typ; "NULL"
+	| RBufferOut _ ->
+	    pr "    char *r;\n";
+	    pr "    size_t size;\n";
+	    "NULL" in
 
       pr "    suppress_error = %d;\n" (if expect_error then 1 else 0);
       pr "    r = guestfs_%s (g" name;
@@ -4387,7 +5208,13 @@ and generate_test_command_call ?(expect_error = false) ?test test_name cmd =
 	    let b = bool_of_string arg in pr ", %d" (if b then 1 else 0)
       ) (List.combine (snd style) args);
 
+      (match fst style with
+       | RBufferOut _ -> pr ", &size"
+       | _ -> ()
+      );
+
       pr ");\n";
+
       if not expect_error then
 	pr "    if (r == %s)\n" error_code
       else
@@ -4402,21 +5229,15 @@ and generate_test_command_call ?(expect_error = false) ?test test_name cmd =
 
       (match fst style with
        | RErr | RInt _ | RInt64 _ | RBool _ | RConstString _ -> ()
-       | RString _ -> pr "    free (r);\n"
+       | RString _ | RBufferOut _ -> pr "    free (r);\n"
        | RStringList _ | RHashtable _ ->
 	   pr "    for (i = 0; r[i] != NULL; ++i)\n";
 	   pr "      free (r[i]);\n";
 	   pr "    free (r);\n"
-       | RIntBool _ ->
-	   pr "    guestfs_free_int_bool (r);\n"
-       | RPVList _ ->
-	   pr "    guestfs_free_lvm_pv_list (r);\n"
-       | RVGList _ ->
-	   pr "    guestfs_free_lvm_vg_list (r);\n"
-       | RLVList _ ->
-	   pr "    guestfs_free_lvm_lv_list (r);\n"
-       | RStat _ | RStatVFS _ ->
-	   pr "    free (r);\n"
+       | RStruct (_, typ) ->
+	   pr "    guestfs_free_%s (r);\n" typ
+       | RStructList (_, typ) ->
+	   pr "    guestfs_free_%s_list (r);\n" typ
       );
 
       pr "  }\n"
@@ -4445,6 +5266,7 @@ and generate_fish_cmds () =
   pr "#include <stdlib.h>\n";
   pr "#include <string.h>\n";
   pr "#include <inttypes.h>\n";
+  pr "#include <ctype.h>\n";
   pr "\n";
   pr "#include <guestfs.h>\n";
   pr "#include \"fish.h\"\n";
@@ -4514,63 +5336,66 @@ and generate_fish_cmds () =
 	(" " ^ synopsis ^ "\n\n" ^ longdesc ^ warnings ^ describe_alias);
       pr "  else\n"
   ) all_functions;
-  pr "    display_builtin_command (cmd);\n";
-  pr "}\n";
-  pr "\n";
-
-  (* print_{pv,vg,lv}_list functions *)
-  List.iter (
-    function
-    | typ, cols ->
-	pr "static void print_%s (struct guestfs_lvm_%s *%s)\n" typ typ typ;
-	pr "{\n";
-	pr "  int i;\n";
-	pr "\n";
-	List.iter (
-	  function
-	  | name, `String ->
-	      pr "  printf (\"%s: %%s\\n\", %s->%s);\n" name typ name
-	  | name, `UUID ->
-	      pr "  printf (\"%s: \");\n" name;
-	      pr "  for (i = 0; i < 32; ++i)\n";
-	      pr "    printf (\"%%c\", %s->%s[i]);\n" typ name;
-	      pr "  printf (\"\\n\");\n"
-	  | name, `Bytes ->
-	      pr "  printf (\"%s: %%\" PRIu64 \"\\n\", %s->%s);\n" name typ name
-	  | name, `Int ->
-	      pr "  printf (\"%s: %%\" PRIi64 \"\\n\", %s->%s);\n" name typ name
-	  | name, `OptPercent ->
-	      pr "  if (%s->%s >= 0) printf (\"%s: %%g %%%%\\n\", %s->%s);\n"
-		typ name name typ name;
-	      pr "  else printf (\"%s: \\n\");\n" name
-	) cols;
-	pr "}\n";
-	pr "\n";
-	pr "static void print_%s_list (struct guestfs_lvm_%s_list *%ss)\n"
-	  typ typ typ;
-	pr "{\n";
-	pr "  int i;\n";
-	pr "\n";
-	pr "  for (i = 0; i < %ss->len; ++i)\n" typ;
-	pr "    print_%s (&%ss->val[i]);\n" typ typ;
-	pr "}\n";
-	pr "\n";
-  ) ["pv", pv_cols; "vg", vg_cols; "lv", lv_cols];
+  pr "    display_builtin_command (cmd);\n";
+  pr "}\n";
+  pr "\n";
 
-  (* print_{stat,statvfs} functions *)
+  (* print_* functions *)
   List.iter (
-    function
-    | typ, cols ->
-	pr "static void print_%s (struct guestfs_%s *%s)\n" typ typ typ;
-	pr "{\n";
-	List.iter (
-	  function
-	  | name, `Int ->
-	      pr "  printf (\"%s: %%\" PRIi64 \"\\n\", %s->%s);\n" name typ name
-	) cols;
-	pr "}\n";
-	pr "\n";
-  ) ["stat", stat_cols; "statvfs", statvfs_cols];
+    fun (typ, cols) ->
+      let needs_i =
+        List.exists (function (_, (FUUID|FBuffer)) -> true | _ -> false) cols in
+
+      pr "static void print_%s (struct guestfs_%s *%s)\n" typ typ typ;
+      pr "{\n";
+      if needs_i then (
+        pr "  int i;\n";
+        pr "\n"
+      );
+      List.iter (
+	function
+	| name, FString ->
+	    pr "  printf (\"%s: %%s\\n\", %s->%s);\n" name typ name
+	| name, FUUID ->
+	    pr "  printf (\"%s: \");\n" name;
+	    pr "  for (i = 0; i < 32; ++i)\n";
+	    pr "    printf (\"%%c\", %s->%s[i]);\n" typ name;
+	    pr "  printf (\"\\n\");\n"
+	| name, FBuffer ->
+	    pr "  printf (\"%s: \");\n" name;
+	    pr "  for (i = 0; i < %s->%s_len; ++i)\n" typ name;
+	    pr "    if (isprint (%s->%s[i]))\n" typ name;
+	    pr "      printf (\"%%c\", %s->%s[i]);\n" typ name;
+	    pr "    else\n";
+	    pr "      printf (\"\\\\x%%02x\", %s->%s[i]);\n" typ name;
+	    pr "  printf (\"\\n\");\n"
+	| name, (FUInt64|FBytes) ->
+	    pr "  printf (\"%s: %%\" PRIu64 \"\\n\", %s->%s);\n" name typ name
+	| name, FInt64 ->
+	    pr "  printf (\"%s: %%\" PRIi64 \"\\n\", %s->%s);\n" name typ name
+	| name, FUInt32 ->
+	    pr "  printf (\"%s: %%\" PRIu32 \"\\n\", %s->%s);\n" name typ name
+	| name, FInt32 ->
+	    pr "  printf (\"%s: %%\" PRIi32 \"\\n\", %s->%s);\n" name typ name
+	| name, FChar ->
+	    pr "  printf (\"%s: %%c\\n\", %s->%s);\n" name typ name
+	| name, FOptPercent ->
+	    pr "  if (%s->%s >= 0) printf (\"%s: %%g %%%%\\n\", %s->%s);\n"
+	      typ name name typ name;
+	    pr "  else printf (\"%s: \\n\");\n" name
+      ) cols;
+      pr "}\n";
+      pr "\n";
+      pr "static void print_%s_list (struct guestfs_%s_list *%ss)\n"
+	typ typ typ;
+      pr "{\n";
+      pr "  int i;\n";
+      pr "\n";
+      pr "  for (i = 0; i < %ss->len; ++i)\n" typ;
+      pr "    print_%s (&%ss->val[i]);\n" typ typ;
+      pr "}\n";
+      pr "\n";
+  ) structs;
 
   (* run_<action> actions *)
   List.iter (
@@ -4585,12 +5410,11 @@ and generate_fish_cmds () =
        | RConstString _ -> pr "  const char *r;\n"
        | RString _ -> pr "  char *r;\n"
        | RStringList _ | RHashtable _ -> pr "  char **r;\n"
-       | RIntBool _ -> pr "  struct guestfs_int_bool *r;\n"
-       | RPVList _ -> pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_pv_list *r;\n"
-       | RVGList _ -> pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_vg_list *r;\n"
-       | RLVList _ -> pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_lv_list *r;\n"
-       | RStat _ -> pr "  struct guestfs_stat *r;\n"
-       | RStatVFS _ -> pr "  struct guestfs_statvfs *r;\n"
+       | RStruct (_, typ) -> pr "  struct guestfs_%s *r;\n" typ
+       | RStructList (_, typ) -> pr "  struct guestfs_%s_list *r;\n" typ
+       | RBufferOut _ ->
+	   pr "  char *r;\n";
+	   pr "  size_t size;\n";
       );
       List.iter (
 	function
@@ -4637,7 +5461,7 @@ and generate_fish_cmds () =
 	try find_map (function FishAction n -> Some n | _ -> None) flags
 	with Not_found -> sprintf "guestfs_%s" name in
       pr "  r = %s " fn;
-      generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+      generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" style;
       pr ";\n";
 
       (* Check return value for errors and display command results. *)
@@ -4669,42 +5493,26 @@ and generate_fish_cmds () =
 	   pr "  print_strings (r);\n";
 	   pr "  free_strings (r);\n";
 	   pr "  return 0;\n"
-       | RIntBool _ ->
-	   pr "  if (r == NULL) return -1;\n";
-	   pr "  printf (\"%%d, %%s\\n\", r->i,\n";
-	   pr "    r->b ? \"true\" : \"false\");\n";
-	   pr "  guestfs_free_int_bool (r);\n";
-	   pr "  return 0;\n"
-       | RPVList _ ->
-	   pr "  if (r == NULL) return -1;\n";
-	   pr "  print_pv_list (r);\n";
-	   pr "  guestfs_free_lvm_pv_list (r);\n";
-	   pr "  return 0;\n"
-       | RVGList _ ->
+       | RStruct (_, typ) ->
 	   pr "  if (r == NULL) return -1;\n";
-	   pr "  print_vg_list (r);\n";
-	   pr "  guestfs_free_lvm_vg_list (r);\n";
+	   pr "  print_%s (r);\n" typ;
+	   pr "  guestfs_free_%s (r);\n" typ;
 	   pr "  return 0;\n"
-       | RLVList _ ->
+       | RStructList (_, typ) ->
 	   pr "  if (r == NULL) return -1;\n";
-	   pr "  print_lv_list (r);\n";
-	   pr "  guestfs_free_lvm_lv_list (r);\n";
-	   pr "  return 0;\n"
-       | RStat _ ->
-	   pr "  if (r == NULL) return -1;\n";
-	   pr "  print_stat (r);\n";
-	   pr "  free (r);\n";
-	   pr "  return 0;\n"
-       | RStatVFS _ ->
-	   pr "  if (r == NULL) return -1;\n";
-	   pr "  print_statvfs (r);\n";
-	   pr "  free (r);\n";
+	   pr "  print_%s_list (r);\n" typ;
+	   pr "  guestfs_free_%s_list (r);\n" typ;
 	   pr "  return 0;\n"
        | RHashtable _ ->
 	   pr "  if (r == NULL) return -1;\n";
 	   pr "  print_table (r);\n";
 	   pr "  free_strings (r);\n";
 	   pr "  return 0;\n"
+       | RBufferOut _ ->
+	   pr "  if (r == NULL) return -1;\n";
+	   pr "  fwrite (r, size, 1, stdout);\n";
+	   pr "  free (r);\n";
+	   pr "  return 0;\n"
       );
       pr "}\n";
       pr "\n"
@@ -4796,6 +5604,8 @@ generator (const char *text, int state)
     len = strlen (text);
   }
 
+  rl_attempted_completion_over = 1;
+
   while ((name = commands[index]) != NULL) {
     index++;
     if (strncasecmp (name, text, len) == 0)
@@ -4812,8 +5622,12 @@ char **do_completion (const char *text, int start, int end)
   char **matches = NULL;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBREADLINE
+  rl_completion_append_character = ' ';
+
   if (start == 0)
     matches = rl_completion_matches (text, generator);
+  else if (complete_dest_paths)
+    matches = rl_completion_matches (text, complete_dest_paths_generator);
 #endif
 
   return matches;
@@ -4889,29 +5703,18 @@ and generate_prototype ?(extern = true) ?(static = false) ?(semicolon = true)
    | RInt64 _ -> pr "int64_t "
    | RBool _ -> pr "int "
    | RConstString _ -> pr "const char *"
-   | RString _ -> pr "char *"
+   | RString _ | RBufferOut _ -> pr "char *"
    | RStringList _ | RHashtable _ -> pr "char **"
-   | RIntBool _ ->
-       if not in_daemon then pr "struct guestfs_int_bool *"
-       else pr "guestfs_%s_ret *" name
-   | RPVList _ ->
-       if not in_daemon then pr "struct guestfs_lvm_pv_list *"
-       else pr "guestfs_lvm_int_pv_list *"
-   | RVGList _ ->
-       if not in_daemon then pr "struct guestfs_lvm_vg_list *"
-       else pr "guestfs_lvm_int_vg_list *"
-   | RLVList _ ->
-       if not in_daemon then pr "struct guestfs_lvm_lv_list *"
-       else pr "guestfs_lvm_int_lv_list *"
-   | RStat _ ->
-       if not in_daemon then pr "struct guestfs_stat *"
-       else pr "guestfs_int_stat *"
-   | RStatVFS _ ->
-       if not in_daemon then pr "struct guestfs_statvfs *"
-       else pr "guestfs_int_statvfs *"
+   | RStruct (_, typ) ->
+       if not in_daemon then pr "struct guestfs_%s *" typ
+       else pr "guestfs_int_%s *" typ
+   | RStructList (_, typ) ->
+       if not in_daemon then pr "struct guestfs_%s_list *" typ
+       else pr "guestfs_int_%s_list *" typ
   );
+  let is_RBufferOut = match fst style with RBufferOut _ -> true | _ -> false in
   pr "%s%s (" prefix name;
-  if handle = None && List.length (snd style) = 0 then
+  if handle = None && List.length (snd style) = 0 && not is_RBufferOut then
     pr "void"
   else (
     let comma = ref false in
@@ -4942,25 +5745,37 @@ and generate_prototype ?(extern = true) ?(static = false) ?(semicolon = true)
       | FileOut n ->
 	  if not in_daemon then (next (); pr "const char *%s" n)
     ) (snd style);
+    if is_RBufferOut then (next (); pr "size_t *size_r");
   );
   pr ")";
   if semicolon then pr ";";
   if newline then pr "\n"
 
 (* Generate C call arguments, eg "(handle, foo, bar)" *)
-and generate_call_args ?handle args =
+and generate_c_call_args ?handle ?(decl = false) style =
   pr "(";
   let comma = ref false in
+  let next () =
+    if !comma then pr ", ";
+    comma := true
+  in
   (match handle with
    | None -> ()
    | Some handle -> pr "%s" handle; comma := true
   );
   List.iter (
     fun arg ->
-      if !comma then pr ", ";
-      comma := true;
+      next ();
       pr "%s" (name_of_argt arg)
-  ) args;
+  ) (snd style);
+  (* For RBufferOut calls, add implicit &size parameter. *)
+  if not decl then (
+    match fst style with
+    | RBufferOut _ ->
+	next ();
+	pr "&size"
+    | _ -> ()
+  );
   pr ")"
 
 (* Generate the OCaml bindings interface. *)
@@ -4986,9 +5801,7 @@ val close : t -> unit
     provide predictable cleanup. *)
 
 ";
-  generate_ocaml_lvm_structure_decls ();
-
-  generate_ocaml_stat_structure_decls ();
+  generate_ocaml_structure_decls ();
 
   (* The actions. *)
   List.iter (
@@ -5013,9 +5826,7 @@ let () =
 
 ";
 
-  generate_ocaml_lvm_structure_decls ();
-
-  generate_ocaml_stat_structure_decls ();
+  generate_ocaml_structure_decls ();
 
   (* The actions. *)
   List.iter (
@@ -5073,14 +5884,14 @@ copy_table (char * const * argv)
 
 ";
 
-  (* LVM struct copy functions. *)
+  (* Struct copy functions. *)
   List.iter (
     fun (typ, cols) ->
       let has_optpercent_col =
-	List.exists (function (_, `OptPercent) -> true | _ -> false) cols in
+	List.exists (function (_, FOptPercent) -> true | _ -> false) cols in
 
       pr "static CAMLprim value\n";
-      pr "copy_lvm_%s (const struct guestfs_lvm_%s *%s)\n" typ typ typ;
+      pr "copy_%s (const struct guestfs_%s *%s)\n" typ typ typ;
       pr "{\n";
       pr "  CAMLparam0 ();\n";
       if has_optpercent_col then
@@ -5092,21 +5903,28 @@ copy_table (char * const * argv)
       iteri (
 	fun i col ->
 	  (match col with
-	   | name, `String ->
+	   | name, FString ->
 	       pr "  v = caml_copy_string (%s->%s);\n" typ name
-	   | name, `UUID ->
+	   | name, FBuffer ->
+	       pr "  v = caml_alloc_string (%s->%s_len);\n" typ name;
+	       pr "  memcpy (String_val (v), %s->%s, %s->%s_len);\n"
+		 typ name typ name
+	   | name, FUUID ->
 	       pr "  v = caml_alloc_string (32);\n";
 	       pr "  memcpy (String_val (v), %s->%s, 32);\n" typ name
-	   | name, `Bytes
-	   | name, `Int ->
+	   | name, (FBytes|FInt64|FUInt64) ->
 	       pr "  v = caml_copy_int64 (%s->%s);\n" typ name
-	   | name, `OptPercent ->
+	   | name, (FInt32|FUInt32) ->
+	       pr "  v = caml_copy_int32 (%s->%s);\n" typ name
+	   | name, FOptPercent ->
 	       pr "  if (%s->%s >= 0) { /* Some %s */\n" typ name name;
 	       pr "    v2 = caml_copy_double (%s->%s);\n" typ name;
 	       pr "    v = caml_alloc (1, 0);\n";
 	       pr "    Store_field (v, 0, v2);\n";
 	       pr "  } else /* None */\n";
 	       pr "    v = Val_int (0);\n";
+	   | name, FChar ->
+	       pr "  v = Val_int (%s->%s);\n" typ name
 	  );
 	  pr "  Store_field (rv, %d, v);\n" i
       ) cols;
@@ -5115,7 +5933,7 @@ copy_table (char * const * argv)
       pr "\n";
 
       pr "static CAMLprim value\n";
-      pr "copy_lvm_%s_list (const struct guestfs_lvm_%s_list *%ss)\n"
+      pr "copy_%s_list (const struct guestfs_%s_list *%ss)\n"
 	typ typ typ;
       pr "{\n";
       pr "  CAMLparam0 ();\n";
@@ -5127,37 +5945,14 @@ copy_table (char * const * argv)
       pr "  else {\n";
       pr "    rv = caml_alloc (%ss->len, 0);\n" typ;
       pr "    for (i = 0; i < %ss->len; ++i) {\n" typ;
-      pr "      v = copy_lvm_%s (&%ss->val[i]);\n" typ typ;
+      pr "      v = copy_%s (&%ss->val[i]);\n" typ typ;
       pr "      caml_modify (&Field (rv, i), v);\n";
       pr "    }\n";
       pr "    CAMLreturn (rv);\n";
       pr "  }\n";
       pr "}\n";
       pr "\n";
-  ) ["pv", pv_cols; "vg", vg_cols; "lv", lv_cols];
-
-  (* Stat copy functions. *)
-  List.iter (
-    fun (typ, cols) ->
-      pr "static CAMLprim value\n";
-      pr "copy_%s (const struct guestfs_%s *%s)\n" typ typ typ;
-      pr "{\n";
-      pr "  CAMLparam0 ();\n";
-      pr "  CAMLlocal2 (rv, v);\n";
-      pr "\n";
-      pr "  rv = caml_alloc (%d, 0);\n" (List.length cols);
-      iteri (
-	fun i col ->
-	  (match col with
-	   | name, `Int ->
-	       pr "  v = caml_copy_int64 (%s->%s);\n" typ name
-	  );
-	  pr "  Store_field (rv, %d, v);\n" i
-      ) cols;
-      pr "  CAMLreturn (rv);\n";
-      pr "}\n";
-      pr "\n";
-  ) ["stat", stat_cols; "statvfs", statvfs_cols];
+  ) structs;
 
   (* The wrappers. *)
   List.iter (
@@ -5218,27 +6013,23 @@ copy_table (char * const * argv)
 	    pr "  int i;\n";
 	    pr "  char **r;\n";
 	    "NULL"
-	| RIntBool _ ->
-	    pr "  struct guestfs_int_bool *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RPVList _ ->
-	    pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_pv_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RVGList _ ->
-	    pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_vg_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RLVList _ ->
-	    pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_lv_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RStat _ ->
-	    pr "  struct guestfs_stat *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RStatVFS _ ->
-	    pr "  struct guestfs_statvfs *r;\n"; "NULL"
+	| RStruct (_, typ) ->
+	    pr "  struct guestfs_%s *r;\n" typ; "NULL"
+	| RStructList (_, typ) ->
+	    pr "  struct guestfs_%s_list *r;\n" typ; "NULL"
 	| RHashtable _ ->
 	    pr "  int i;\n";
 	    pr "  char **r;\n";
+	    "NULL"
+	| RBufferOut _ ->
+	    pr "  char *r;\n";
+	    pr "  size_t size;\n";
 	    "NULL" in
       pr "\n";
 
       pr "  caml_enter_blocking_section ();\n";
       pr "  r = guestfs_%s " name;
-      generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+      generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" style;
       pr ";\n";
       pr "  caml_leave_blocking_section ();\n";
 
@@ -5267,30 +6058,19 @@ copy_table (char * const * argv)
 	   pr "  rv = caml_copy_string_array ((const char **) r);\n";
 	   pr "  for (i = 0; r[i] != NULL; ++i) free (r[i]);\n";
 	   pr "  free (r);\n"
-       | RIntBool _ ->
-	   pr "  rv = caml_alloc (2, 0);\n";
-	   pr "  Store_field (rv, 0, Val_int (r->i));\n";
-	   pr "  Store_field (rv, 1, Val_bool (r->b));\n";
-	   pr "  guestfs_free_int_bool (r);\n";
-       | RPVList _ ->
-	   pr "  rv = copy_lvm_pv_list (r);\n";
-	   pr "  guestfs_free_lvm_pv_list (r);\n";
-       | RVGList _ ->
-	   pr "  rv = copy_lvm_vg_list (r);\n";
-	   pr "  guestfs_free_lvm_vg_list (r);\n";
-       | RLVList _ ->
-	   pr "  rv = copy_lvm_lv_list (r);\n";
-	   pr "  guestfs_free_lvm_lv_list (r);\n";
-       | RStat _ ->
-	   pr "  rv = copy_stat (r);\n";
-	   pr "  free (r);\n";
-       | RStatVFS _ ->
-	   pr "  rv = copy_statvfs (r);\n";
-	   pr "  free (r);\n";
+       | RStruct (_, typ) ->
+	   pr "  rv = copy_%s (r);\n" typ;
+	   pr "  guestfs_free_%s (r);\n" typ;
+       | RStructList (_, typ) ->
+	   pr "  rv = copy_%s_list (r);\n" typ;
+	   pr "  guestfs_free_%s_list (r);\n" typ;
        | RHashtable _ ->
 	   pr "  rv = copy_table (r);\n";
 	   pr "  for (i = 0; r[i] != NULL; ++i) free (r[i]);\n";
 	   pr "  free (r);\n";
+       | RBufferOut _ ->
+	   pr "  rv = caml_alloc_string (size);\n";
+	   pr "  memcpy (String_val (rv), r, size);\n";
       );
 
       pr "  CAMLreturn (rv);\n";
@@ -5309,33 +6089,23 @@ copy_table (char * const * argv)
       )
   ) all_functions
 
-and generate_ocaml_lvm_structure_decls () =
-  List.iter (
-    fun (typ, cols) ->
-      pr "type lvm_%s = {\n" typ;
-      List.iter (
-	function
-	| name, `String -> pr "  %s : string;\n" name
-	| name, `UUID -> pr "  %s : string;\n" name
-	| name, `Bytes -> pr "  %s : int64;\n" name
-	| name, `Int -> pr "  %s : int64;\n" name
-	| name, `OptPercent -> pr "  %s : float option;\n" name
-      ) cols;
-      pr "}\n";
-      pr "\n"
-  ) ["pv", pv_cols; "vg", vg_cols; "lv", lv_cols]
-
-and generate_ocaml_stat_structure_decls () =
+and generate_ocaml_structure_decls () =
   List.iter (
     fun (typ, cols) ->
       pr "type %s = {\n" typ;
       List.iter (
 	function
-	| name, `Int -> pr "  %s : int64;\n" name
+	| name, FString -> pr "  %s : string;\n" name
+	| name, FBuffer -> pr "  %s : string;\n" name
+	| name, FUUID -> pr "  %s : string;\n" name
+	| name, (FBytes|FInt64|FUInt64) -> pr "  %s : int64;\n" name
+	| name, (FInt32|FUInt32) -> pr "  %s : int32;\n" name
+	| name, FChar -> pr "  %s : char;\n" name
+	| name, FOptPercent -> pr "  %s : float option;\n" name
       ) cols;
       pr "}\n";
       pr "\n"
-  ) ["stat", stat_cols; "statvfs", statvfs_cols]
+  ) structs
 
 and generate_ocaml_prototype ?(is_external = false) name style =
   if is_external then pr "external " else pr "val ";
@@ -5354,14 +6124,10 @@ and generate_ocaml_prototype ?(is_external = false) name style =
    | RInt64 _ -> pr "int64"
    | RBool _ -> pr "bool"
    | RConstString _ -> pr "string"
-   | RString _ -> pr "string"
+   | RString _ | RBufferOut _ -> pr "string"
    | RStringList _ -> pr "string array"
-   | RIntBool _ -> pr "int * bool"
-   | RPVList _ -> pr "lvm_pv array"
-   | RVGList _ -> pr "lvm_vg array"
-   | RLVList _ -> pr "lvm_lv array"
-   | RStat _ -> pr "stat"
-   | RStatVFS _ -> pr "statvfs"
+   | RStruct (_, typ) -> pr "%s" typ
+   | RStructList (_, typ) -> pr "%s array" typ
    | RHashtable _ -> pr "(string * string) list"
   );
   if is_external then (
@@ -5475,16 +6241,15 @@ DESTROY (g)
        | RBool _ -> pr "SV *\n"
        | RConstString _ -> pr "SV *\n"
        | RString _ -> pr "SV *\n"
+       | RBufferOut _ -> pr "SV *\n"
        | RStringList _
-       | RIntBool _
-       | RPVList _ | RVGList _ | RLVList _
-       | RStat _ | RStatVFS _
+       | RStruct _ | RStructList _
        | RHashtable _ ->
 	   pr "void\n" (* all lists returned implictly on the stack *)
       );
       (* Call and arguments. *)
       pr "%s " name;
-      generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+      generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" ~decl:true style;
       pr "\n";
       pr "      guestfs_h *g;\n";
       iteri (
@@ -5518,7 +6283,7 @@ DESTROY (g)
 	   pr "      int r;\n";
 	   pr " PPCODE:\n";
 	   pr "      r = guestfs_%s " name;
-	   generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+	   generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" style;
 	   pr ";\n";
 	   do_cleanups ();
 	   pr "      if (r == -1)\n";
@@ -5529,7 +6294,7 @@ DESTROY (g)
 	   pr "      int %s;\n" n;
 	   pr "   CODE:\n";
 	   pr "      %s = guestfs_%s " n name;
-	   generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+	   generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" style;
 	   pr ";\n";
 	   do_cleanups ();
 	   pr "      if (%s == -1)\n" n;
@@ -5542,7 +6307,7 @@ DESTROY (g)
 	   pr "      int64_t %s;\n" n;
 	   pr "   CODE:\n";
 	   pr "      %s = guestfs_%s " n name;
-	   generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+	   generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" style;
 	   pr ";\n";
 	   do_cleanups ();
 	   pr "      if (%s == -1)\n" n;
@@ -5555,7 +6320,7 @@ DESTROY (g)
 	   pr "      const char *%s;\n" n;
 	   pr "   CODE:\n";
 	   pr "      %s = guestfs_%s " n name;
-	   generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+	   generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" style;
 	   pr ";\n";
 	   do_cleanups ();
 	   pr "      if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
@@ -5568,7 +6333,7 @@ DESTROY (g)
 	   pr "      char *%s;\n" n;
 	   pr "   CODE:\n";
 	   pr "      %s = guestfs_%s " n name;
-	   generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+	   generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" style;
 	   pr ";\n";
 	   do_cleanups ();
 	   pr "      if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
@@ -5583,7 +6348,7 @@ DESTROY (g)
 	   pr "      int i, n;\n";
 	   pr " PPCODE:\n";
 	   pr "      %s = guestfs_%s " n name;
-	   generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+	   generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" style;
 	   pr ";\n";
 	   do_cleanups ();
 	   pr "      if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
@@ -5595,44 +6360,40 @@ DESTROY (g)
 	   pr "        free (%s[i]);\n" n;
 	   pr "      }\n";
 	   pr "      free (%s);\n" n;
-       | RIntBool _ ->
+       | RStruct (n, typ) ->
+	   let cols = cols_of_struct typ in
+	   generate_perl_struct_code typ cols name style n do_cleanups
+       | RStructList (n, typ) ->
+	   let cols = cols_of_struct typ in
+	   generate_perl_struct_list_code typ cols name style n do_cleanups
+       | RBufferOut n ->
 	   pr "PREINIT:\n";
-	   pr "      struct guestfs_int_bool *r;\n";
-	   pr " PPCODE:\n";
-	   pr "      r = guestfs_%s " name;
-	   generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+	   pr "      char *%s;\n" n;
+	   pr "      size_t size;\n";
+	   pr "   CODE:\n";
+	   pr "      %s = guestfs_%s " n name;
+	   generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" style;
 	   pr ";\n";
 	   do_cleanups ();
-	   pr "      if (r == NULL)\n";
+	   pr "      if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
 	   pr "        croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
-	   pr "      EXTEND (SP, 2);\n";
-	   pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSViv (r->i)));\n";
-	   pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSViv (r->b)));\n";
-	   pr "      guestfs_free_int_bool (r);\n";
-       | RPVList n ->
-	   generate_perl_lvm_code "pv" pv_cols name style n do_cleanups
-       | RVGList n ->
-	   generate_perl_lvm_code "vg" vg_cols name style n do_cleanups
-       | RLVList n ->
-	   generate_perl_lvm_code "lv" lv_cols name style n do_cleanups
-       | RStat n ->
-	   generate_perl_stat_code "stat" stat_cols name style n do_cleanups
-       | RStatVFS n ->
-	   generate_perl_stat_code
-	     "statvfs" statvfs_cols name style n do_cleanups
+	   pr "      RETVAL = newSVpv (%s, size);\n" n;
+	   pr "      free (%s);\n" n;
+	   pr " OUTPUT:\n";
+	   pr "      RETVAL\n"
       );
 
       pr "\n"
   ) all_functions
 
-and generate_perl_lvm_code typ cols name style n do_cleanups =
+and generate_perl_struct_list_code typ cols name style n do_cleanups =
   pr "PREINIT:\n";
-  pr "      struct guestfs_lvm_%s_list *%s;\n" typ n;
+  pr "      struct guestfs_%s_list *%s;\n" typ n;
   pr "      int i;\n";
   pr "      HV *hv;\n";
   pr " PPCODE:\n";
   pr "      %s = guestfs_%s " n name;
-  generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+  generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" style;
   pr ";\n";
   do_cleanups ();
   pr "      if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
@@ -5642,41 +6403,75 @@ and generate_perl_lvm_code typ cols name style n do_cleanups =
   pr "        hv = newHV ();\n";
   List.iter (
     function
-    | name, `String ->
+    | name, FString ->
 	pr "        (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, newSVpv (%s->val[i].%s, 0), 0);\n"
 	  name (String.length name) n name
-    | name, `UUID ->
+    | name, FUUID ->
 	pr "        (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, newSVpv (%s->val[i].%s, 32), 0);\n"
 	  name (String.length name) n name
-    | name, `Bytes ->
+    | name, FBuffer ->
+	pr "        (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, newSVpv (%s->val[i].%s, %s->val[i].%s_len), 0);\n"
+	  name (String.length name) n name n name
+    | name, (FBytes|FUInt64) ->
 	pr "        (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, my_newSVull (%s->val[i].%s), 0);\n"
 	  name (String.length name) n name
-    | name, `Int ->
+    | name, FInt64 ->
 	pr "        (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, my_newSVll (%s->val[i].%s), 0);\n"
 	  name (String.length name) n name
-    | name, `OptPercent ->
+    | name, (FInt32|FUInt32) ->
+	pr "        (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, newSVnv (%s->val[i].%s), 0);\n"
+	  name (String.length name) n name
+    | name, FChar ->
+	pr "        (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, newSVpv (&%s->val[i].%s, 1), 0);\n"
+	  name (String.length name) n name
+    | name, FOptPercent ->
 	pr "        (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, newSVnv (%s->val[i].%s), 0);\n"
 	  name (String.length name) n name
   ) cols;
-  pr "        PUSHs (sv_2mortal ((SV *) hv));\n";
+  pr "        PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newRV ((SV *) hv)));\n";
   pr "      }\n";
-  pr "      guestfs_free_lvm_%s_list (%s);\n" typ n
+  pr "      guestfs_free_%s_list (%s);\n" typ n
 
-and generate_perl_stat_code typ cols name style n do_cleanups =
+and generate_perl_struct_code typ cols name style n do_cleanups =
   pr "PREINIT:\n";
   pr "      struct guestfs_%s *%s;\n" typ n;
   pr " PPCODE:\n";
   pr "      %s = guestfs_%s " n name;
-  generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+  generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" style;
   pr ";\n";
   do_cleanups ();
   pr "      if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
   pr "        croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
-  pr "      EXTEND (SP, %d);\n" (List.length cols);
+  pr "      EXTEND (SP, 2 * %d);\n" (List.length cols);
   List.iter (
-    function
-    | name, `Int ->
-	pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (my_newSVll (%s->%s)));\n" n name
+    fun ((name, _) as col) ->
+      pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVpv (\"%s\", 0)));\n" name;
+
+      match col with
+      | name, FString ->
+	  pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVpv (%s->%s, 0)));\n"
+	    n name
+      | name, FBuffer ->
+	  pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVpv (%s->%s, %s->%s_len)));\n"
+	    n name n name
+      | name, FUUID ->
+	  pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVpv (%s->%s, 32)));\n"
+	    n name
+      | name, (FBytes|FUInt64) ->
+	  pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (my_newSVull (%s->%s)));\n"
+	    n name
+      | name, FInt64 ->
+	  pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (my_newSVll (%s->%s)));\n"
+	    n name
+      | name, (FInt32|FUInt32) ->
+	  pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVnv (%s->%s)));\n"
+	    n name
+      | name, FChar ->
+	  pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVpv (&%s->%s, 1)));\n"
+	    n name
+      | name, FOptPercent ->
+	  pr "      PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVnv (%s->%s)));\n"
+	    n name
   ) cols;
   pr "      free (%s);\n" n
 
@@ -5694,7 +6489,7 @@ Sys::Guestfs - Perl bindings for libguestfs
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
  use Sys::Guestfs;
- 
+
  my $h = Sys::Guestfs->new ();
  $h->add_drive ('guest.img');
  $h->launch ();
@@ -5725,6 +6520,10 @@ Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions,
 LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.).  It can also run commands
 in the context of the guest.  Also you can access filesystems over FTP.
 
+See also L<Sys::Guestfs::Lib(3)> for a set of useful library
+functions for using libguestfs from Perl, including integration
+with libvirt.
+
 =head1 ERRORS
 
 All errors turn into calls to C<croak> (see L<Carp(3)>).
@@ -5796,7 +6595,10 @@ Please see the file COPYING.LIB for the full license.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<guestfs(3)>, L<guestfish(1)>.
+L<guestfs(3)>,
+L<guestfish(1)>,
+L<http://libguestfs.org>,
+L<Sys::Guestfs::Lib(3)>.
 
 =cut
 "
@@ -5808,15 +6610,12 @@ and generate_perl_prototype name style =
    | RInt n
    | RInt64 n
    | RConstString n
-   | RString n -> pr "$%s = " n
-   | RIntBool (n, m) -> pr "($%s, $%s) = " n m
-   | RStringList n
-   | RPVList n
-   | RVGList n
-   | RLVList n -> pr "@%s = " n
-   | RStat n
-   | RStatVFS n
+   | RString n
+   | RBufferOut n -> pr "$%s = " n
+   | RStruct (n,_)
    | RHashtable n -> pr "%%%s = " n
+   | RStringList n
+   | RStructList (n,_) -> pr "@%s = " n
   );
   pr "$h->%s (" name;
   let comma = ref false in
@@ -5973,34 +6772,46 @@ py_guestfs_close (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 
 ";
 
-  (* LVM structures, turned into Python dictionaries. *)
+  (* Structures, turned into Python dictionaries. *)
   List.iter (
     fun (typ, cols) ->
       pr "static PyObject *\n";
-      pr "put_lvm_%s (struct guestfs_lvm_%s *%s)\n" typ typ typ;
+      pr "put_%s (struct guestfs_%s *%s)\n" typ typ typ;
       pr "{\n";
       pr "  PyObject *dict;\n";
       pr "\n";
       pr "  dict = PyDict_New ();\n";
       List.iter (
 	function
-	| name, `String ->
+	| name, FString ->
 	    pr "  PyDict_SetItemString (dict, \"%s\",\n" name;
 	    pr "                        PyString_FromString (%s->%s));\n"
 	      typ name
-	| name, `UUID ->
+	| name, FBuffer ->
+	    pr "  PyDict_SetItemString (dict, \"%s\",\n" name;
+	    pr "                        PyString_FromStringAndSize (%s->%s, %s->%s_len));\n"
+	      typ name typ name
+	| name, FUUID ->
 	    pr "  PyDict_SetItemString (dict, \"%s\",\n" name;
 	    pr "                        PyString_FromStringAndSize (%s->%s, 32));\n"
 	      typ name
-	| name, `Bytes ->
+	| name, (FBytes|FUInt64) ->
 	    pr "  PyDict_SetItemString (dict, \"%s\",\n" name;
 	    pr "                        PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong (%s->%s));\n"
 	      typ name
-	| name, `Int ->
+	| name, FInt64 ->
 	    pr "  PyDict_SetItemString (dict, \"%s\",\n" name;
 	    pr "                        PyLong_FromLongLong (%s->%s));\n"
 	      typ name
-	| name, `OptPercent ->
+	| name, FUInt32 ->
+	    pr "  PyDict_SetItemString (dict, \"%s\",\n" name;
+	    pr "                        PyLong_FromUnsignedLong (%s->%s));\n"
+	      typ name
+	| name, FInt32 ->
+	    pr "  PyDict_SetItemString (dict, \"%s\",\n" name;
+	    pr "                        PyLong_FromLong (%s->%s));\n"
+	      typ name
+	| name, FOptPercent ->
 	    pr "  if (%s->%s >= 0)\n" typ name;
 	    pr "    PyDict_SetItemString (dict, \"%s\",\n" name;
 	    pr "                          PyFloat_FromDouble ((double) %s->%s));\n"
@@ -6009,45 +6820,27 @@ py_guestfs_close (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	    pr "    Py_INCREF (Py_None);\n";
 	    pr "    PyDict_SetItemString (dict, \"%s\", Py_None);" name;
 	    pr "  }\n"
+	| name, FChar ->
+	    pr "  PyDict_SetItemString (dict, \"%s\",\n" name;
+	    pr "                        PyString_FromStringAndSize (&dirent->%s, 1));\n" name
       ) cols;
       pr "  return dict;\n";
       pr "};\n";
       pr "\n";
 
       pr "static PyObject *\n";
-      pr "put_lvm_%s_list (struct guestfs_lvm_%s_list *%ss)\n" typ typ typ;
+      pr "put_%s_list (struct guestfs_%s_list *%ss)\n" typ typ typ;
       pr "{\n";
       pr "  PyObject *list;\n";
       pr "  int i;\n";
       pr "\n";
       pr "  list = PyList_New (%ss->len);\n" typ;
       pr "  for (i = 0; i < %ss->len; ++i)\n" typ;
-      pr "    PyList_SetItem (list, i, put_lvm_%s (&%ss->val[i]));\n" typ typ;
+      pr "    PyList_SetItem (list, i, put_%s (&%ss->val[i]));\n" typ typ;
       pr "  return list;\n";
       pr "};\n";
       pr "\n"
-  ) ["pv", pv_cols; "vg", vg_cols; "lv", lv_cols];
-
-  (* Stat structures, turned into Python dictionaries. *)
-  List.iter (
-    fun (typ, cols) ->
-      pr "static PyObject *\n";
-      pr "put_%s (struct guestfs_%s *%s)\n" typ typ typ;
-      pr "{\n";
-      pr "  PyObject *dict;\n";
-      pr "\n";
-      pr "  dict = PyDict_New ();\n";
-      List.iter (
-	function
-	| name, `Int ->
-	    pr "  PyDict_SetItemString (dict, \"%s\",\n" name;
-	    pr "                        PyLong_FromLongLong (%s->%s));\n"
-	      typ name
-      ) cols;
-      pr "  return dict;\n";
-      pr "};\n";
-      pr "\n";
-  ) ["stat", stat_cols; "statvfs", statvfs_cols];
+  ) structs;
 
   (* Python wrapper functions. *)
   List.iter (
@@ -6067,12 +6860,13 @@ py_guestfs_close (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	| RConstString _ -> pr "  const char *r;\n"; "NULL"
 	| RString _ -> pr "  char *r;\n"; "NULL"
 	| RStringList _ | RHashtable _ -> pr "  char **r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RIntBool _ -> pr "  struct guestfs_int_bool *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RPVList n -> pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_pv_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RVGList n -> pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_vg_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RLVList n -> pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_lv_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RStat n -> pr "  struct guestfs_stat *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RStatVFS n -> pr "  struct guestfs_statvfs *r;\n"; "NULL" in
+	| RStruct (_, typ) -> pr "  struct guestfs_%s *r;\n" typ; "NULL"
+	| RStructList (_, typ) ->
+	    pr "  struct guestfs_%s_list *r;\n" typ; "NULL"
+	| RBufferOut _ ->
+	    pr "  char *r;\n";
+	    pr "  size_t size;\n";
+	    "NULL" in
 
       List.iter (
 	function
@@ -6123,7 +6917,7 @@ py_guestfs_close (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
       pr "\n";
 
       pr "  r = guestfs_%s " name;
-      generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+      generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" style;
       pr ";\n";
 
       List.iter (
@@ -6153,29 +6947,18 @@ py_guestfs_close (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
        | RStringList _ ->
 	   pr "  py_r = put_string_list (r);\n";
 	   pr "  free_strings (r);\n"
-       | RIntBool _ ->
-	   pr "  py_r = PyTuple_New (2);\n";
-	   pr "  PyTuple_SetItem (py_r, 0, PyInt_FromLong ((long) r->i));\n";
-	   pr "  PyTuple_SetItem (py_r, 1, PyInt_FromLong ((long) r->b));\n";
-	   pr "  guestfs_free_int_bool (r);\n"
-       | RPVList n ->
-	   pr "  py_r = put_lvm_pv_list (r);\n";
-	   pr "  guestfs_free_lvm_pv_list (r);\n"
-       | RVGList n ->
-	   pr "  py_r = put_lvm_vg_list (r);\n";
-	   pr "  guestfs_free_lvm_vg_list (r);\n"
-       | RLVList n ->
-	   pr "  py_r = put_lvm_lv_list (r);\n";
-	   pr "  guestfs_free_lvm_lv_list (r);\n"
-       | RStat n ->
-	   pr "  py_r = put_stat (r);\n";
-	   pr "  free (r);\n"
-       | RStatVFS n ->
-	   pr "  py_r = put_statvfs (r);\n";
-	   pr "  free (r);\n"
+       | RStruct (_, typ) ->
+	   pr "  py_r = put_%s (r);\n" typ;
+	   pr "  guestfs_free_%s (r);\n" typ
+       | RStructList (_, typ) ->
+	   pr "  py_r = put_%s_list (r);\n" typ;
+	   pr "  guestfs_free_%s_list (r);\n" typ
        | RHashtable n ->
 	   pr "  py_r = put_table (r);\n";
 	   pr "  free_strings (r);\n"
+       | RBufferOut _ ->
+	   pr "  py_r = PyString_FromStringAndSize (r, size);\n";
+	   pr "  free (r);\n"
       );
 
       pr "  return py_r;\n";
@@ -6279,7 +7062,7 @@ class GuestFS:
   List.iter (
     fun (name, style, _, flags, _, _, longdesc) ->
       pr "    def %s " name;
-      generate_call_args ~handle:"self" (snd style);
+      generate_py_call_args ~handle:"self" (snd style);
       pr ":\n";
 
       if not (List.mem NotInDocs flags) then (
@@ -6287,21 +7070,13 @@ class GuestFS:
 	let doc =
           match fst style with
 	  | RErr | RInt _ | RInt64 _ | RBool _ | RConstString _
-	  | RString _ -> doc
+	  | RString _ | RBufferOut _ -> doc
 	  | RStringList _ ->
 	      doc ^ "\n\nThis function returns a list of strings."
-	  | RIntBool _ ->
-	      doc ^ "\n\nThis function returns a tuple (int, bool).\n"
-	  | RPVList _ ->
-	      doc ^ "\n\nThis function returns a list of PVs.  Each PV is represented as a dictionary."
-	  | RVGList _ ->
-	      doc ^ "\n\nThis function returns a list of VGs.  Each VG is represented as a dictionary."
-	  | RLVList _ ->
-	      doc ^ "\n\nThis function returns a list of LVs.  Each LV is represented as a dictionary."
-	  | RStat _ ->
-	      doc ^ "\n\nThis function returns a dictionary, with keys matching the various fields in the stat structure."
-	  | RStatVFS _ ->
-	      doc ^ "\n\nThis function returns a dictionary, with keys matching the various fields in the statvfs structure."
+	  | RStruct (_, typ) ->
+	      doc ^ sprintf "\n\nThis function returns a dictionary, with keys matching the various fields in the guestfs_%s structure." typ
+	  | RStructList (_, typ) ->
+	      doc ^ sprintf "\n\nThis function returns a list of %ss.  Each %s is represented as a dictionary." typ typ
 	  | RHashtable _ ->
 	      doc ^ "\n\nThis function returns a dictionary." in
 	let doc =
@@ -6318,40 +7093,56 @@ class GuestFS:
 	pr "        u\"\"\"%s\"\"\"\n" doc;
       );
       pr "        return libguestfsmod.%s " name;
-      generate_call_args ~handle:"self._o" (snd style);
+      generate_py_call_args ~handle:"self._o" (snd style);
       pr "\n";
       pr "\n";
   ) all_functions
 
+(* Generate Python call arguments, eg "(handle, foo, bar)" *)
+and generate_py_call_args ~handle args =
+  pr "(%s" handle;
+  List.iter (fun arg -> pr ", %s" (name_of_argt arg)) args;
+  pr ")"
+
 (* Useful if you need the longdesc POD text as plain text.  Returns a
  * list of lines.
  *
- * This is the slowest thing about autogeneration.
+ * Because this is very slow (the slowest part of autogeneration),
+ * we memoize the results.
  *)
 and pod2text ~width name longdesc =
-  let filename, chan = Filename.open_temp_file "gen" ".tmp" in
-  fprintf chan "=head1 %s\n\n%s\n" name longdesc;
-  close_out chan;
-  let cmd = sprintf "pod2text -w %d %s" width (Filename.quote filename) in
-  let chan = Unix.open_process_in cmd in
-  let lines = ref [] in
-  let rec loop i =
-    let line = input_line chan in
-    if i = 1 then		(* discard the first line of output *)
-      loop (i+1)
-    else (
-      let line = triml line in
-      lines := line :: !lines;
-      loop (i+1)
-    ) in
-  let lines = try loop 1 with End_of_file -> List.rev !lines in
-  Unix.unlink filename;
-  match Unix.close_process_in chan with
-  | Unix.WEXITED 0 -> lines
-  | Unix.WEXITED i ->
-      failwithf "pod2text: process exited with non-zero status (%d)" i
-  | Unix.WSIGNALED i | Unix.WSTOPPED i ->
-      failwithf "pod2text: process signalled or stopped by signal %d" i
+  let key = width, name, longdesc in
+  try Hashtbl.find pod2text_memo key
+  with Not_found ->
+    let filename, chan = Filename.open_temp_file "gen" ".tmp" in
+    fprintf chan "=head1 %s\n\n%s\n" name longdesc;
+    close_out chan;
+    let cmd = sprintf "pod2text -w %d %s" width (Filename.quote filename) in
+    let chan = Unix.open_process_in cmd in
+    let lines = ref [] in
+    let rec loop i =
+      let line = input_line chan in
+      if i = 1 then		(* discard the first line of output *)
+	loop (i+1)
+      else (
+	let line = triml line in
+	lines := line :: !lines;
+	loop (i+1)
+      ) in
+    let lines = try loop 1 with End_of_file -> List.rev !lines in
+    Unix.unlink filename;
+    (match Unix.close_process_in chan with
+     | Unix.WEXITED 0 -> ()
+     | Unix.WEXITED i ->
+	 failwithf "pod2text: process exited with non-zero status (%d)" i
+     | Unix.WSIGNALED i | Unix.WSTOPPED i ->
+	 failwithf "pod2text: process signalled or stopped by signal %d" i
+    );
+    Hashtbl.add pod2text_memo key lines;
+    let chan = open_out pod2text_memo_filename in
+    output_value chan pod2text_memo;
+    close_out chan;
+    lines
 
 (* Generate ruby bindings. *)
 and generate_ruby_c () =
@@ -6428,6 +7219,7 @@ static VALUE ruby_guestfs_close (VALUE gv)
       List.iter (
 	function
 	| String n | FileIn n | FileOut n ->
+	    pr "  Check_Type (%sv, T_STRING);\n" n;
 	    pr "  const char *%s = StringValueCStr (%sv);\n" n n;
 	    pr "  if (!%s)\n" n;
 	    pr "    rb_raise (rb_eTypeError, \"expected string for parameter %%s of %%s\",\n";
@@ -6435,7 +7227,8 @@ static VALUE ruby_guestfs_close (VALUE gv)
 	| OptString n ->
 	    pr "  const char *%s = !NIL_P (%sv) ? StringValueCStr (%sv) : NULL;\n" n n n
 	| StringList n ->
-	    pr "  char **%s;" n;
+	    pr "  char **%s;\n" n;
+	    pr "  Check_Type (%sv, T_ARRAY);\n" n;
 	    pr "  {\n";
 	    pr "    int i, len;\n";
 	    pr "    len = RARRAY_LEN (%sv);\n" n;
@@ -6461,16 +7254,17 @@ static VALUE ruby_guestfs_close (VALUE gv)
 	| RConstString _ -> pr "  const char *r;\n"; "NULL"
 	| RString _ -> pr "  char *r;\n"; "NULL"
 	| RStringList _ | RHashtable _ -> pr "  char **r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RIntBool _ -> pr "  struct guestfs_int_bool *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RPVList n -> pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_pv_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RVGList n -> pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_vg_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RLVList n -> pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_lv_list *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RStat n -> pr "  struct guestfs_stat *r;\n"; "NULL"
-	| RStatVFS n -> pr "  struct guestfs_statvfs *r;\n"; "NULL" in
+	| RStruct (_, typ) -> pr "  struct guestfs_%s *r;\n" typ; "NULL"
+	| RStructList (_, typ) ->
+	    pr "  struct guestfs_%s_list *r;\n" typ; "NULL"
+	| RBufferOut _ ->
+	    pr "  char *r;\n";
+	    pr "  size_t size;\n";
+	    "NULL" in
       pr "\n";
 
       pr "  r = guestfs_%s " name;
-      generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+      generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" style;
       pr ";\n";
 
       List.iter (
@@ -6507,36 +7301,12 @@ static VALUE ruby_guestfs_close (VALUE gv)
 	   pr "  }\n";
 	   pr "  free (r);\n";
 	   pr "  return rv;\n"
-       | RIntBool _ ->
-	   pr "  VALUE rv = rb_ary_new2 (2);\n";
-	   pr "  rb_ary_push (rv, INT2NUM (r->i));\n";
-	   pr "  rb_ary_push (rv, INT2NUM (r->b));\n";
-	   pr "  guestfs_free_int_bool (r);\n";
-	   pr "  return rv;\n"
-       | RPVList n ->
-	   generate_ruby_lvm_code "pv" pv_cols
-       | RVGList n ->
-	   generate_ruby_lvm_code "vg" vg_cols
-       | RLVList n ->
-	   generate_ruby_lvm_code "lv" lv_cols
-       | RStat n ->
-	   pr "  VALUE rv = rb_hash_new ();\n";
-	   List.iter (
-	     function
-	     | name, `Int ->
-		 pr "  rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), ULL2NUM (r->%s));\n" name name
-	   ) stat_cols;
-	   pr "  free (r);\n";
-	   pr "  return rv;\n"
-       | RStatVFS n ->
-	   pr "  VALUE rv = rb_hash_new ();\n";
-	   List.iter (
-	     function
-	     | name, `Int ->
-		 pr "  rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), ULL2NUM (r->%s));\n" name name
-	   ) statvfs_cols;
-	   pr "  free (r);\n";
-	   pr "  return rv;\n"
+       | RStruct (_, typ) ->
+	   let cols = cols_of_struct typ in
+	   generate_ruby_struct_code typ cols
+       | RStructList (_, typ) ->
+	   let cols = cols_of_struct typ in
+	   generate_ruby_struct_list_code typ cols
        | RHashtable _ ->
 	   pr "  VALUE rv = rb_hash_new ();\n";
 	   pr "  int i;\n";
@@ -6547,6 +7317,10 @@ static VALUE ruby_guestfs_close (VALUE gv)
 	   pr "  }\n";
 	   pr "  free (r);\n";
 	   pr "  return rv;\n"
+       | RBufferOut _ ->
+	   pr "  VALUE rv = rb_str_new (r, size);\n";
+	   pr "  free (r);\n";
+	   pr "  return rv;\n";
       );
 
       pr "}\n";
@@ -6574,27 +7348,63 @@ void Init__guestfs ()
 
   pr "}\n"
 
-(* Ruby code to return an LVM struct list. *)
-and generate_ruby_lvm_code typ cols =
+(* Ruby code to return a struct. *)
+and generate_ruby_struct_code typ cols =
+  pr "  VALUE rv = rb_hash_new ();\n";
+  List.iter (
+    function
+    | name, FString ->
+	pr "  rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), rb_str_new2 (r->%s));\n" name name
+    | name, FBuffer ->
+	pr "  rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), rb_str_new (r->%s, r->%s_len));\n" name name name
+    | name, FUUID ->
+	pr "  rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), rb_str_new (r->%s, 32));\n" name name
+    | name, (FBytes|FUInt64) ->
+	pr "  rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), ULL2NUM (r->%s));\n" name name
+    | name, FInt64 ->
+	pr "  rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), LL2NUM (r->%s));\n" name name
+    | name, FUInt32 ->
+	pr "  rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), UINT2NUM (r->%s));\n" name name
+    | name, FInt32 ->
+	pr "  rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), INT2NUM (r->%s));\n" name name
+    | name, FOptPercent ->
+	pr "  rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), rb_dbl2big (r->%s));\n" name name
+    | name, FChar -> (* XXX wrong? *)
+	pr "  rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), ULL2NUM (r->%s));\n" name name
+  ) cols;
+  pr "  guestfs_free_%s (r);\n" typ;
+  pr "  return rv;\n"
+
+(* Ruby code to return a struct list. *)
+and generate_ruby_struct_list_code typ cols =
   pr "  VALUE rv = rb_ary_new2 (r->len);\n";
   pr "  int i;\n";
   pr "  for (i = 0; i < r->len; ++i) {\n";
   pr "    VALUE hv = rb_hash_new ();\n";
   List.iter (
     function
-    | name, `String ->
-	pr "    rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), rb_str_new2 (r->val[i].%s));\n" name name
-    | name, `UUID ->
-	pr "    rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), rb_str_new (r->val[i].%s, 32));\n" name name
-    | name, `Bytes
-    | name, `Int ->
-	pr "    rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), ULL2NUM (r->val[i].%s));\n" name name
-    | name, `OptPercent ->
-	pr "    rb_hash_aset (rv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), rb_dbl2big (r->val[i].%s));\n" name name
+    | name, FString ->
+	pr "    rb_hash_aset (hv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), rb_str_new2 (r->val[i].%s));\n" name name
+    | name, FBuffer ->
+	pr "    rb_hash_aset (hv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), rb_str_new (r->val[i].%s, r->val[i].%s_len));\n" name name name
+    | name, FUUID ->
+	pr "    rb_hash_aset (hv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), rb_str_new (r->val[i].%s, 32));\n" name name
+    | name, (FBytes|FUInt64) ->
+	pr "    rb_hash_aset (hv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), ULL2NUM (r->val[i].%s));\n" name name
+    | name, FInt64 ->
+	pr "    rb_hash_aset (hv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), LL2NUM (r->val[i].%s));\n" name name
+    | name, FUInt32 ->
+	pr "    rb_hash_aset (hv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), UINT2NUM (r->val[i].%s));\n" name name
+    | name, FInt32 ->
+	pr "    rb_hash_aset (hv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), INT2NUM (r->val[i].%s));\n" name name
+    | name, FOptPercent ->
+	pr "    rb_hash_aset (hv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), rb_dbl2big (r->val[i].%s));\n" name name
+    | name, FChar -> (* XXX wrong? *)
+	pr "    rb_hash_aset (hv, rb_str_new2 (\"%s\"), ULL2NUM (r->val[i].%s));\n" name name
   ) cols;
   pr "    rb_ary_push (rv, hv);\n";
   pr "  }\n";
-  pr "  guestfs_free_lvm_%s_list (r);\n" typ;
+  pr "  guestfs_free_%s_list (r);\n" typ;
   pr "  return rv;\n"
 
 (* Generate Java bindings GuestFS.java file. *)
@@ -6612,6 +7422,7 @@ import com.redhat.et.libguestfs.LV;
 import com.redhat.et.libguestfs.Stat;
 import com.redhat.et.libguestfs.StatVFS;
 import com.redhat.et.libguestfs.IntBool;
+import com.redhat.et.libguestfs.Dirent;
 
 /**
  * The GuestFS object is a libguestfs handle.
@@ -6703,7 +7514,7 @@ public class GuestFS {
       pr "    ";
       if fst style <> RErr then pr "return ";
       pr "_%s " name;
-      generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+      generate_java_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
       pr ";\n";
       pr "  }\n";
       pr "  ";
@@ -6714,6 +7525,12 @@ public class GuestFS {
 
   pr "}\n"
 
+(* Generate Java call arguments, eg "(handle, foo, bar)" *)
+and generate_java_call_args ~handle args =
+  pr "(%s" handle;
+  List.iter (fun arg -> pr ", %s" (name_of_argt arg)) args;
+  pr ")"
+
 and generate_java_prototype ?(public=false) ?(privat=false) ?(native=false)
     ?(semicolon=true) name style =
   if privat then pr "private ";
@@ -6726,14 +7543,14 @@ and generate_java_prototype ?(public=false) ?(privat=false) ?(native=false)
    | RInt _ -> pr "int ";
    | RInt64 _ -> pr "long ";
    | RBool _ -> pr "boolean ";
-   | RConstString _ | RString _ -> pr "String ";
+   | RConstString _ | RString _ | RBufferOut _ -> pr "String ";
    | RStringList _ -> pr "String[] ";
-   | RIntBool _ -> pr "IntBool ";
-   | RPVList _ -> pr "PV[] ";
-   | RVGList _ -> pr "VG[] ";
-   | RLVList _ -> pr "LV[] ";
-   | RStat _ -> pr "Stat ";
-   | RStatVFS _ -> pr "StatVFS ";
+   | RStruct (_, typ) ->
+       let name = java_name_of_struct typ in
+       pr "%s " name;
+   | RStructList (_, typ) ->
+       let name = java_name_of_struct typ in
+       pr "%s[] " name;
    | RHashtable _ -> pr "HashMap<String,String> ";
   );
 
@@ -6769,7 +7586,7 @@ and generate_java_prototype ?(public=false) ?(privat=false) ?(native=false)
   pr "    throws LibGuestFSException";
   if semicolon then pr ";"
 
-and generate_java_struct typ cols =
+and generate_java_struct jtyp cols =
   generate_header CStyle LGPLv2;
 
   pr "\
@@ -6782,15 +7599,17 @@ package com.redhat.et.libguestfs;
  * @see GuestFS
  */
 public class %s {
-" typ typ;
+" jtyp jtyp;
 
   List.iter (
     function
-    | name, `String
-    | name, `UUID -> pr "  public String %s;\n" name
-    | name, `Bytes
-    | name, `Int -> pr "  public long %s;\n" name
-    | name, `OptPercent ->
+    | name, FString
+    | name, FUUID
+    | name, FBuffer -> pr "  public String %s;\n" name
+    | name, (FBytes|FUInt64|FInt64) -> pr "  public long %s;\n" name
+    | name, (FUInt32|FInt32) -> pr "  public int %s;\n" name
+    | name, FChar -> pr "  public char %s;\n" name
+    | name, FOptPercent ->
 	pr "  /* The next field is [0..100] or -1 meaning 'not present': */\n";
 	pr "  public float %s;\n" name
   ) cols;
@@ -6853,10 +7672,10 @@ Java_com_redhat_et_libguestfs_GuestFS__1close
        | RInt _ -> pr "jint ";
        | RInt64 _ -> pr "jlong ";
        | RBool _ -> pr "jboolean ";
-       | RConstString _ | RString _ -> pr "jstring ";
-       | RIntBool _ | RStat _ | RStatVFS _ | RHashtable _ ->
+       | RConstString _ | RString _ | RBufferOut _ -> pr "jstring ";
+       | RStruct _ | RHashtable _ ->
 	   pr "jobject ";
-       | RStringList _ | RPVList _ | RVGList _ | RLVList _ ->
+       | RStringList _ | RStructList _ ->
 	   pr "jobjectArray ";
       );
       pr "JNICALL\n";
@@ -6897,40 +7716,23 @@ Java_com_redhat_et_libguestfs_GuestFS__1close
 	    pr "  jclass cl;\n";
 	    pr "  jstring jstr;\n";
 	    pr "  char **r;\n"; "NULL", "NULL"
-	| RIntBool _ ->
-	    pr "  jobject jr;\n";
-	    pr "  jclass cl;\n";
-	    pr "  jfieldID fl;\n";
-	    pr "  struct guestfs_int_bool *r;\n"; "NULL", "NULL"
-	| RStat _ ->
-	    pr "  jobject jr;\n";
-	    pr "  jclass cl;\n";
-	    pr "  jfieldID fl;\n";
-	    pr "  struct guestfs_stat *r;\n"; "NULL", "NULL"
-	| RStatVFS _ ->
+	| RStruct (_, typ) ->
 	    pr "  jobject jr;\n";
 	    pr "  jclass cl;\n";
 	    pr "  jfieldID fl;\n";
-	    pr "  struct guestfs_statvfs *r;\n"; "NULL", "NULL"
-	| RPVList _ ->
-	    pr "  jobjectArray jr;\n";
-	    pr "  jclass cl;\n";
-	    pr "  jfieldID fl;\n";
-	    pr "  jobject jfl;\n";
-	    pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_pv_list *r;\n"; "NULL", "NULL"
-	| RVGList _ ->
-	    pr "  jobjectArray jr;\n";
-	    pr "  jclass cl;\n";
-	    pr "  jfieldID fl;\n";
-	    pr "  jobject jfl;\n";
-	    pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_vg_list *r;\n"; "NULL", "NULL"
-	| RLVList _ ->
+	    pr "  struct guestfs_%s *r;\n" typ; "NULL", "NULL"
+	| RStructList (_, typ) ->
 	    pr "  jobjectArray jr;\n";
 	    pr "  jclass cl;\n";
 	    pr "  jfieldID fl;\n";
 	    pr "  jobject jfl;\n";
-	    pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_lv_list *r;\n"; "NULL", "NULL"
-	| RHashtable _ -> pr "  char **r;\n"; "NULL", "NULL" in
+	    pr "  struct guestfs_%s_list *r;\n" typ; "NULL", "NULL"
+	| RHashtable _ -> pr "  char **r;\n"; "NULL", "NULL"
+	| RBufferOut _ ->
+	    pr "  jstring jr;\n";
+	    pr "  char *r;\n";
+	    pr "  size_t size;\n";
+	    "NULL", "NULL" in
       List.iter (
 	function
 	| String n
@@ -6948,11 +7750,10 @@ Java_com_redhat_et_libguestfs_GuestFS__1close
 
       let needs_i =
 	(match fst style with
-	 | RStringList _ | RPVList _ | RVGList _ | RLVList _ -> true
+	 | RStringList _ | RStructList _ -> true
 	 | RErr | RBool _ | RInt _ | RInt64 _ | RConstString _
-	 | RString _ | RIntBool _ | RStat _ | RStatVFS _
-	 | RHashtable _ -> false) ||
-	List.exists (function StringList _ -> true | _ -> false) (snd style) in
+	 | RString _ | RBufferOut _ | RStruct _ | RHashtable _ -> false) ||
+	  List.exists (function StringList _ -> true | _ -> false) (snd style) in
       if needs_i then
 	pr "  int i;\n";
 
@@ -6986,7 +7787,7 @@ Java_com_redhat_et_libguestfs_GuestFS__1close
 
       (* Make the call. *)
       pr "  r = guestfs_%s " name;
-      generate_call_args ~handle:"g" (snd style);
+      generate_c_call_args ~handle:"g" style;
       pr ";\n";
 
       (* Release the parameters. *)
@@ -7039,66 +7840,80 @@ Java_com_redhat_et_libguestfs_GuestFS__1close
 	   pr "  }\n";
 	   pr "  free (r);\n";
 	   pr "  return jr;\n"
-       | RIntBool _ ->
-	   pr "  cl = (*env)->FindClass (env, \"com/redhat/et/libguestfs/IntBool\");\n";
-	   pr "  jr = (*env)->AllocObject (env, cl);\n";
-	   pr "  fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"i\", \"I\");\n";
-	   pr "  (*env)->SetIntField (env, jr, fl, r->i);\n";
-	   pr "  fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"i\", \"Z\");\n";
-	   pr "  (*env)->SetBooleanField (env, jr, fl, r->b);\n";
-	   pr "  guestfs_free_int_bool (r);\n";
-	   pr "  return jr;\n"
-       | RStat _ ->
-	   pr "  cl = (*env)->FindClass (env, \"com/redhat/et/libguestfs/Stat\");\n";
-	   pr "  jr = (*env)->AllocObject (env, cl);\n";
-	   List.iter (
-	     function
-	     | name, `Int ->
-		 pr "  fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"J\");\n"
-		   name;
-		 pr "  (*env)->SetLongField (env, jr, fl, r->%s);\n" name;
-	   ) stat_cols;
-	   pr "  free (r);\n";
-	   pr "  return jr;\n"
-       | RStatVFS _ ->
-	   pr "  cl = (*env)->FindClass (env, \"com/redhat/et/libguestfs/StatVFS\");\n";
-	   pr "  jr = (*env)->AllocObject (env, cl);\n";
-	   List.iter (
-	     function
-	     | name, `Int ->
-		 pr "  fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"J\");\n"
-		   name;
-		 pr "  (*env)->SetLongField (env, jr, fl, r->%s);\n" name;
-	   ) statvfs_cols;
-	   pr "  free (r);\n";
-	   pr "  return jr;\n"
-       | RPVList _ ->
-	   generate_java_lvm_return "pv" "PV" pv_cols
-       | RVGList _ ->
-	   generate_java_lvm_return "vg" "VG" vg_cols
-       | RLVList _ ->
-	   generate_java_lvm_return "lv" "LV" lv_cols
+       | RStruct (_, typ) ->
+	   let jtyp = java_name_of_struct typ in
+	   let cols = cols_of_struct typ in
+	   generate_java_struct_return typ jtyp cols
+       | RStructList (_, typ) ->
+	   let jtyp = java_name_of_struct typ in
+	   let cols = cols_of_struct typ in
+	   generate_java_struct_list_return typ jtyp cols
        | RHashtable _ ->
 	   (* XXX *)
 	   pr "  throw_exception (env, \"%s: internal error: please let us know how to make a Java HashMap from JNI bindings!\");\n" name;
 	   pr "  return NULL;\n"
+       | RBufferOut _ ->
+	   pr "  jr = (*env)->NewStringUTF (env, r); /* XXX size */\n";
+	   pr "  free (r);\n";
+	   pr "  return jr;\n"
       );
 
       pr "}\n";
       pr "\n"
   ) all_functions
 
-and generate_java_lvm_return typ jtyp cols =
+and generate_java_struct_return typ jtyp cols =
+  pr "  cl = (*env)->FindClass (env, \"com/redhat/et/libguestfs/%s\");\n" jtyp;
+  pr "  jr = (*env)->AllocObject (env, cl);\n";
+  List.iter (
+    function
+    | name, FString ->
+	pr "  fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"Ljava/lang/String;\");\n" name;
+	pr "  (*env)->SetObjectField (env, jr, fl, (*env)->NewStringUTF (env, r->%s));\n" name;
+    | name, FUUID ->
+	pr "  {\n";
+	pr "    char s[33];\n";
+	pr "    memcpy (s, r->%s, 32);\n" name;
+	pr "    s[32] = 0;\n";
+	pr "    fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"Ljava/lang/String;\");\n" name;
+	pr "    (*env)->SetObjectField (env, jr, fl, (*env)->NewStringUTF (env, s));\n";
+	pr "  }\n";
+    | name, FBuffer ->
+	pr "  {\n";
+	pr "    int len = r->%s_len;\n" name;
+	pr "    char s[len+1];\n";
+	pr "    memcpy (s, r->%s, len);\n" name;
+	pr "    s[len] = 0;\n";
+	pr "    fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"Ljava/lang/String;\");\n" name;
+	pr "    (*env)->SetObjectField (env, jr, fl, (*env)->NewStringUTF (env, s));\n";
+	pr "  }\n";
+    | name, (FBytes|FUInt64|FInt64) ->
+	pr "  fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"J\");\n" name;
+	pr "  (*env)->SetLongField (env, jr, fl, r->%s);\n" name;
+    | name, (FUInt32|FInt32) ->
+	pr "  fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"I\");\n" name;
+	pr "  (*env)->SetLongField (env, jr, fl, r->%s);\n" name;
+    | name, FOptPercent ->
+	pr "  fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"F\");\n" name;
+	pr "  (*env)->SetFloatField (env, jr, fl, r->%s);\n" name;
+    | name, FChar ->
+	pr "  fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"C\");\n" name;
+	pr "  (*env)->SetLongField (env, jr, fl, r->%s);\n" name;
+  ) cols;
+  pr "  free (r);\n";
+  pr "  return jr;\n"
+
+and generate_java_struct_list_return typ jtyp cols =
   pr "  cl = (*env)->FindClass (env, \"com/redhat/et/libguestfs/%s\");\n" jtyp;
   pr "  jr = (*env)->NewObjectArray (env, r->len, cl, NULL);\n";
   pr "  for (i = 0; i < r->len; ++i) {\n";
   pr "    jfl = (*env)->AllocObject (env, cl);\n";
   List.iter (
     function
-    | name, `String ->
+    | name, FString ->
 	pr "    fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"Ljava/lang/String;\");\n" name;
 	pr "    (*env)->SetObjectField (env, jfl, fl, (*env)->NewStringUTF (env, r->val[i].%s));\n" name;
-    | name, `UUID ->
+    | name, FUUID ->
 	pr "    {\n";
 	pr "      char s[33];\n";
 	pr "      memcpy (s, r->val[i].%s, 32);\n" name;
@@ -7106,16 +7921,31 @@ and generate_java_lvm_return typ jtyp cols =
 	pr "      fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"Ljava/lang/String;\");\n" name;
 	pr "      (*env)->SetObjectField (env, jfl, fl, (*env)->NewStringUTF (env, s));\n";
 	pr "    }\n";
-    | name, (`Bytes|`Int) ->
+    | name, FBuffer ->
+	pr "    {\n";
+	pr "      int len = r->val[i].%s_len;\n" name;
+	pr "      char s[len+1];\n";
+	pr "      memcpy (s, r->val[i].%s, len);\n" name;
+	pr "      s[len] = 0;\n";
+	pr "      fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"Ljava/lang/String;\");\n" name;
+	pr "      (*env)->SetObjectField (env, jfl, fl, (*env)->NewStringUTF (env, s));\n";
+	pr "    }\n";
+    | name, (FBytes|FUInt64|FInt64) ->
 	pr "    fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"J\");\n" name;
 	pr "    (*env)->SetLongField (env, jfl, fl, r->val[i].%s);\n" name;
-    | name, `OptPercent ->
+    | name, (FUInt32|FInt32) ->
+	pr "    fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"I\");\n" name;
+	pr "    (*env)->SetLongField (env, jfl, fl, r->val[i].%s);\n" name;
+    | name, FOptPercent ->
 	pr "    fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"F\");\n" name;
 	pr "    (*env)->SetFloatField (env, jfl, fl, r->val[i].%s);\n" name;
+    | name, FChar ->
+	pr "    fl = (*env)->GetFieldID (env, cl, \"%s\", \"C\");\n" name;
+	pr "    (*env)->SetLongField (env, jfl, fl, r->val[i].%s);\n" name;
   ) cols;
   pr "    (*env)->SetObjectArrayElement (env, jfl, i, jfl);\n";
   pr "  }\n";
-  pr "  guestfs_free_lvm_%s_list (r);\n" typ;
+  pr "  guestfs_free_%s_list (r);\n" typ;
   pr "  return jr;\n"
 
 and generate_haskell_hs () =
@@ -7125,24 +7955,18 @@ and generate_haskell_hs () =
    * at the moment.  Please help out!
    *)
   let can_generate style =
-    let check_no_bad_args =
-      List.for_all (function Bool _ | Int _ -> false | _ -> true)
-    in
     match style with
-    | RErr, args -> check_no_bad_args args
-    | RBool _, _
+    | RErr, _
     | RInt _, _
-    | RInt64 _, _
+    | RInt64 _, _ -> true
+    | RBool _, _
     | RConstString _, _
     | RString _, _
     | RStringList _, _
-    | RIntBool _, _
-    | RPVList _, _
-    | RVGList _, _
-    | RLVList _, _
-    | RStat _, _
-    | RStatVFS _, _
-    | RHashtable _, _ -> false in
+    | RStruct _, _
+    | RStructList _, _
+    | RHashtable _, _
+    | RBufferOut _, _ -> false in
 
   pr "\
 {-# INCLUDE <guestfs.h> #-}
@@ -7161,6 +7985,7 @@ module Guestfs (
   ) where
 import Foreign
 import Foreign.C
+import Foreign.C.Types
 import IO
 import Control.Exception
 import Data.Typeable
@@ -7224,6 +8049,7 @@ last_error h = do
 	pr "%s %s = do\n" name
 	  (String.concat " " ("h" :: List.map name_of_argt (snd style)));
 	pr "  r <- ";
+	(* Convert pointer arguments using with* functions. *)
 	List.iter (
 	  function
 	  | FileIn n
@@ -7231,26 +8057,26 @@ last_error h = do
 	  | String n -> pr "withCString %s $ \\%s -> " n n
 	  | OptString n -> pr "maybeWith withCString %s $ \\%s -> " n n
 	  | StringList n -> pr "withMany withCString %s $ \\%s -> withArray0 nullPtr %s $ \\%s -> " n n n n
-	  | Bool n ->
-	      (* XXX this doesn't work *)
-	      pr "      let\n";
-	      pr "        %s = case %s of\n" n n;
-	      pr "          False -> 0\n";
-	      pr "          True -> 1\n";
-	      pr "      in fromIntegral %s $ \\%s ->\n" n n
-	  | Int n -> pr "fromIntegral %s $ \\%s -> " n n
+	  | Bool _ | Int _ -> ()
 	) (snd style);
+	(* Convert integer arguments. *)
+	let args =
+	  List.map (
+	    function
+	    | Bool n -> sprintf "(fromBool %s)" n
+	    | Int n -> sprintf "(fromIntegral %s)" n
+	    | FileIn n | FileOut n | String n | OptString n | StringList n -> n
+	  ) (snd style) in
 	pr "withForeignPtr h (\\p -> c_%s %s)\n" name
-	  (String.concat " " ("p" :: List.map name_of_argt (snd style)));
+	  (String.concat " " ("p" :: args));
 	(match fst style with
 	 | RErr | RInt _ | RInt64 _ | RBool _ ->
 	     pr "  if (r == -1)\n";
 	     pr "    then do\n";
 	     pr "      err <- last_error h\n";
 	     pr "      fail err\n";
-	 | RConstString _ | RString _ | RStringList _ | RIntBool _
-	 | RPVList _ | RVGList _ | RLVList _ | RStat _ | RStatVFS _
-	 | RHashtable _ ->
+	 | RConstString _ | RString _ | RStringList _ | RStruct _
+	 | RStructList _ | RHashtable _ | RBufferOut _ ->
 	     pr "  if (r == nullPtr)\n";
 	     pr "    then do\n";
 	     pr "      err <- last_error h\n";
@@ -7268,13 +8094,10 @@ last_error h = do
 	 | RConstString _
 	 | RString _
 	 | RStringList _
-	 | RIntBool _
-	 | RPVList _
-	 | RVGList _
-	 | RLVList _
-	 | RStat _
-	 | RStatVFS _
-	 | RHashtable _ ->
+	 | RStruct _
+	 | RStructList _
+	 | RHashtable _
+	 | RBufferOut _ ->
 	     pr "    else return ()\n" (* XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX *)
 	);
 	pr "\n";
@@ -7309,13 +8132,14 @@ and generate_haskell_prototype ~handle ?(hs = false) style =
    | RConstString _ -> pr "%s" string
    | RString _ -> pr "%s" string
    | RStringList _ -> pr "[%s]" string
-   | RIntBool _ -> pr "IntBool"
-   | RPVList _ -> pr "[PV]"
-   | RVGList _ -> pr "[VG]"
-   | RLVList _ -> pr "[LV]"
-   | RStat _ -> pr "Stat"
-   | RStatVFS _ -> pr "StatVFS"
+   | RStruct (_, typ) ->
+       let name = java_name_of_struct typ in
+       pr "%s" name
+   | RStructList (_, typ) ->
+       let name = java_name_of_struct typ in
+       pr "[%s]" name
    | RHashtable _ -> pr "Hashtable"
+   | RBufferOut _ -> pr "%s" string
   );
   pr ")"
 
@@ -7332,6 +8156,8 @@ and generate_bindtests () =
 #include \"guestfs_protocol.h\"
 
 #define error guestfs_error
+#define safe_calloc guestfs_safe_calloc
+#define safe_malloc guestfs_safe_malloc
 
 static void
 print_strings (char * const* const argv)
@@ -7407,75 +8233,38 @@ print_strings (char * const* const argv)
 	     pr "  char **strs;\n";
 	     pr "  int n, i;\n";
 	     pr "  sscanf (val, \"%%d\", &n);\n";
-	     pr "  strs = malloc ((n+1) * sizeof (char *));\n";
+	     pr "  strs = safe_malloc (g, (n+1) * sizeof (char *));\n";
 	     pr "  for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {\n";
-	     pr "    strs[i] = malloc (16);\n";
+	     pr "    strs[i] = safe_malloc (g, 16);\n";
 	     pr "    snprintf (strs[i], 16, \"%%d\", i);\n";
 	     pr "  }\n";
 	     pr "  strs[n] = NULL;\n";
 	     pr "  return strs;\n"
-	 | RIntBool _ ->
-	     pr "  struct guestfs_int_bool *r;\n";
-	     pr "  r = malloc (sizeof (struct guestfs_int_bool));\n";
-	     pr "  sscanf (val, \"%%\" SCNi32, &r->i);\n";
-	     pr "  r->b = 0;\n";
-	     pr "  return r;\n"
-	 | RPVList _ ->
-	     pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_pv_list *r;\n";
-	     pr "  int i;\n";
-	     pr "  r = malloc (sizeof (struct guestfs_lvm_pv_list));\n";
-	     pr "  sscanf (val, \"%%d\", &r->len);\n";
-	     pr "  r->val = calloc (r->len, sizeof (struct guestfs_lvm_pv));\n";
-	     pr "  for (i = 0; i < r->len; ++i) {\n";
-	     pr "    r->val[i].pv_name = malloc (16);\n";
-	     pr "    snprintf (r->val[i].pv_name, 16, \"%%d\", i);\n";
-	     pr "  }\n";
+	 | RStruct (_, typ) ->
+	     pr "  struct guestfs_%s *r;\n" typ;
+	     pr "  r = safe_calloc (g, sizeof *r, 1);\n";
 	     pr "  return r;\n"
-	 | RVGList _ ->
-	     pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_vg_list *r;\n";
-	     pr "  int i;\n";
-	     pr "  r = malloc (sizeof (struct guestfs_lvm_vg_list));\n";
+	 | RStructList (_, typ) ->
+	     pr "  struct guestfs_%s_list *r;\n" typ;
+	     pr "  r = safe_calloc (g, sizeof *r, 1);\n";
 	     pr "  sscanf (val, \"%%d\", &r->len);\n";
-	     pr "  r->val = calloc (r->len, sizeof (struct guestfs_lvm_vg));\n";
-	     pr "  for (i = 0; i < r->len; ++i) {\n";
-	     pr "    r->val[i].vg_name = malloc (16);\n";
-	     pr "    snprintf (r->val[i].vg_name, 16, \"%%d\", i);\n";
-	     pr "  }\n";
-	     pr "  return r;\n"
-	 | RLVList _ ->
-	     pr "  struct guestfs_lvm_lv_list *r;\n";
-	     pr "  int i;\n";
-	     pr "  r = malloc (sizeof (struct guestfs_lvm_lv_list));\n";
-	     pr "  sscanf (val, \"%%d\", &r->len);\n";
-	     pr "  r->val = calloc (r->len, sizeof (struct guestfs_lvm_lv));\n";
-	     pr "  for (i = 0; i < r->len; ++i) {\n";
-	     pr "    r->val[i].lv_name = malloc (16);\n";
-	     pr "    snprintf (r->val[i].lv_name, 16, \"%%d\", i);\n";
-	     pr "  }\n";
-	     pr "  return r;\n"
-	 | RStat _ ->
-	     pr "  struct guestfs_stat *r;\n";
-	     pr "  r = calloc (1, sizeof (*r));\n";
-	     pr "  sscanf (val, \"%%\" SCNi64, &r->dev);\n";
-	     pr "  return r;\n"
-	 | RStatVFS _ ->
-	     pr "  struct guestfs_statvfs *r;\n";
-	     pr "  r = calloc (1, sizeof (*r));\n";
-	     pr "  sscanf (val, \"%%\" SCNi64, &r->bsize);\n";
+	     pr "  r->val = safe_calloc (g, r->len, sizeof *r->val);\n";
 	     pr "  return r;\n"
 	 | RHashtable _ ->
 	     pr "  char **strs;\n";
 	     pr "  int n, i;\n";
 	     pr "  sscanf (val, \"%%d\", &n);\n";
-	     pr "  strs = malloc ((n*2+1) * sizeof (char *));\n";
+	     pr "  strs = safe_malloc (g, (n*2+1) * sizeof (*strs));\n";
 	     pr "  for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {\n";
-	     pr "    strs[i*2] = malloc (16);\n";
-	     pr "    strs[i*2+1] = malloc (16);\n";
+	     pr "    strs[i*2] = safe_malloc (g, 16);\n";
+	     pr "    strs[i*2+1] = safe_malloc (g, 16);\n";
 	     pr "    snprintf (strs[i*2], 16, \"%%d\", i);\n";
 	     pr "    snprintf (strs[i*2+1], 16, \"%%d\", i);\n";
 	     pr "  }\n";
 	     pr "  strs[n*2] = NULL;\n";
 	     pr "  return strs;\n"
+	 | RBufferOut _ ->
+	     pr "  return strdup (val);\n"
 	);
 	pr "}\n";
 	pr "\n"
@@ -7489,9 +8278,10 @@ print_strings (char * const* const argv)
 	 | RErr | RInt _ | RInt64 _ | RBool _ ->
 	     pr "  return -1;\n"
 	 | RConstString _
-	 | RString _ | RStringList _ | RIntBool _
-	 | RPVList _ | RVGList _ | RLVList _ | RStat _ | RStatVFS _
-	 | RHashtable _ ->
+	 | RString _ | RStringList _ | RStruct _
+	 | RStructList _
+	 | RHashtable _
+	 | RBufferOut _ ->
 	     pr "  return NULL;\n"
 	);
 	pr "}\n";
@@ -7667,7 +8457,38 @@ public class Bindtests {
 "
 
 and generate_haskell_bindtests () =
-  () (* XXX Haskell bindings need to be fleshed out. *)
+  generate_header HaskellStyle GPLv2;
+
+  pr "\
+module Bindtests where
+import qualified Guestfs
+
+main = do
+  g <- Guestfs.create
+";
+
+  let mkargs args =
+    String.concat " " (
+      List.map (
+	function
+	| CallString s -> "\"" ^ s ^ "\""
+	| CallOptString None -> "Nothing"
+	| CallOptString (Some s) -> sprintf "(Just \"%s\")" s
+	| CallStringList xs ->
+	    "[" ^ String.concat "," (List.map (sprintf "\"%s\"") xs) ^ "]"
+	| CallInt i when i < 0 -> "(" ^ string_of_int i ^ ")"
+	| CallInt i -> string_of_int i
+	| CallBool true -> "True"
+	| CallBool false -> "False"
+      ) args
+    )
+  in
+
+  generate_lang_bindtests (
+    fun f args -> pr "  Guestfs.%s g %s\n" f (mkargs args)
+  );
+
+  pr "  putStrLn \"EOF\"\n"
 
 (* Language-independent bindings tests - we do it this way to
  * ensure there is parity in testing bindings across all languages.
@@ -7713,7 +8534,20 @@ and generate_lang_bindtests call =
 		CallStringList ["1"]; CallBool false;
 		CallInt 0; CallString ""; CallString ""]
 
-  (* XXX Add here tests of the return and error functions. *)
+(* XXX Add here tests of the return and error functions. *)
+
+(* This is used to generate the src/MAX_PROC_NR file which
+ * contains the maximum procedure number, a surrogate for the
+ * ABI version number.  See src/Makefile.am for the details.
+ *)
+and generate_max_proc_nr () =
+  let proc_nrs = List.map (
+    fun (_, _, proc_nr, _, _, _, _) -> proc_nr
+  ) daemon_functions in
+
+  let max_proc_nr = List.fold_left max 0 proc_nrs in
+
+  pr "%d\n" max_proc_nr
 
 let output_to filename =
   let filename_new = filename ^ ".new" in
@@ -7739,7 +8573,7 @@ let output_to filename =
 let () =
   check_functions ();
 
-  if not (Sys.file_exists "configure.ac") then (
+  if not (Sys.file_exists "HACKING") then (
     eprintf "\
 You are probably running this from the wrong directory.
 Run it from the top source directory using the command
@@ -7772,6 +8606,10 @@ Run it from the top source directory using the command
   generate_daemon_actions ();
   close ();
 
+  let close = output_to "daemon/names.c" in
+  generate_daemon_names ();
+  close ();
+
   let close = output_to "capitests/tests.c" in
   generate_tests ();
   close ();
@@ -7852,24 +8690,22 @@ Run it from the top source directory using the command
   generate_java_java ();
   close ();
 
-  let close = output_to "java/com/redhat/et/libguestfs/PV.java" in
-  generate_java_struct "PV" pv_cols;
-  close ();
-
-  let close = output_to "java/com/redhat/et/libguestfs/VG.java" in
-  generate_java_struct "VG" vg_cols;
-  close ();
-
-  let close = output_to "java/com/redhat/et/libguestfs/LV.java" in
-  generate_java_struct "LV" lv_cols;
-  close ();
-
-  let close = output_to "java/com/redhat/et/libguestfs/Stat.java" in
-  generate_java_struct "Stat" stat_cols;
-  close ();
-
-  let close = output_to "java/com/redhat/et/libguestfs/StatVFS.java" in
-  generate_java_struct "StatVFS" statvfs_cols;
+  List.iter (
+    fun (typ, jtyp) ->
+      let cols = cols_of_struct typ in
+      let filename = sprintf "java/com/redhat/et/libguestfs/%s.java" jtyp in
+      let close = output_to filename in
+      generate_java_struct jtyp cols;
+      close ();
+  ) java_structs;
+
+  let close = output_to "java/Makefile.inc" in
+  pr "java_built_sources =";
+  List.iter (
+    fun (typ, jtyp) ->
+        pr " com/redhat/et/libguestfs/%s.java" jtyp;
+  ) java_structs;
+  pr " com/redhat/et/libguestfs/GuestFS.java\n";
   close ();
 
   let close = output_to "java/com_redhat_et_libguestfs_GuestFS.c" in
@@ -7884,6 +8720,17 @@ Run it from the top source directory using the command
   generate_haskell_hs ();
   close ();
 
-  let close = output_to "haskell/bindtests.hs" in
+  let close = output_to "haskell/Bindtests.hs" in
   generate_haskell_bindtests ();
   close ();
+
+  let close = output_to "src/MAX_PROC_NR" in
+  generate_max_proc_nr ();
+  close ();
+
+  (* Always generate this file last, and unconditionally.  It's used
+   * by the Makefile to know when we must re-run the generator.
+   *)
+  let chan = open_out "src/stamp-generator" in
+  fprintf chan "1\n";
+  close_out chan