2 files changed, 65 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/guestfs-py.c b/python/guestfs-py.c
index 9969c538..4d31d9f7 100644
--- a/python/guestfs-py.c
+++ b/python/guestfs-py.c
@@ -2536,6 +2536,32 @@ py_guestfs_download (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
   return py_r;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+py_guestfs_checksum (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+  PyObject *py_g;
+  guestfs_h *g;
+  PyObject *py_r;
+  char *r;
+  const char *csumtype;
+  const char *path;
+
+  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple (args, (char *) "Oss:guestfs_checksum",
+                         &py_g, &csumtype, &path))
+    return NULL;
+  g = get_handle (py_g);
+
+  r = guestfs_checksum (g, csumtype, path);
+  if (r == NULL) {
+    PyErr_SetString (PyExc_RuntimeError, guestfs_last_error (g));
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  py_r = PyString_FromString (r);
+  free (r);
+  return py_r;
+}
+
 static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
   { (char *) "create", py_guestfs_create, METH_VARARGS, NULL },
   { (char *) "close", py_guestfs_close, METH_VARARGS, NULL },
@@ -2625,6 +2651,7 @@ static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
   { (char *) "blockdev_rereadpt", py_guestfs_blockdev_rereadpt, METH_VARARGS, NULL },
   { (char *) "upload", py_guestfs_upload, METH_VARARGS, NULL },
   { (char *) "download", py_guestfs_download, METH_VARARGS, NULL },
+  { (char *) "checksum", py_guestfs_checksum, METH_VARARGS, NULL },
   { NULL, NULL, 0, NULL }
 };
 
diff --git a/python/guestfs.py b/python/guestfs.py
index 416404b5..4d71b23c 100644
--- a/python/guestfs.py
+++ b/python/guestfs.py
@@ -959,3 +959,41 @@ class GuestFS:
         """
         return libguestfsmod.download (self._o, remotefilename, filename)
 
+    def checksum (self, csumtype, path):
+        u"""This call computes the MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the
+        file named "path".
+        
+        The type of checksum to compute is given by the
+        "csumtype" parameter which must have one of the
+        following values:
+        
+        "crc"
+        Compute the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) specified
+        by POSIX for the "cksum" command.
+        
+        "md5"
+        Compute the MD5 hash (using the "md5sum" program).
+        
+        "sha1"
+        Compute the SHA1 hash (using the "sha1sum" program).
+        
+        "sha224"
+        Compute the SHA224 hash (using the "sha224sum"
+        program).
+        
+        "sha256"
+        Compute the SHA256 hash (using the "sha256sum"
+        program).
+        
+        "sha384"
+        Compute the SHA384 hash (using the "sha384sum"
+        program).
+        
+        "sha512"
+        Compute the SHA512 hash (using the "sha512sum"
+        program).
+        
+        The checksum is returned as a printable string.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.checksum (self._o, csumtype, path)
+