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diff --git a/api/examples/getvolfile.py b/api/examples/getvolfile.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import ctypes
+import ctypes.util
+
+api = ctypes.CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library("gfapi"))
+api.glfs_get_volfile.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p,
+							     ctypes.c_void_p,
+								 ctypes.c_ulong]
+api.glfs_get_volfile.restype = ctypes.c_long;
+
+def get_volfile (host, volume):
+	# This is set to a large value to exercise the "buffer not big enough"
+	# path.  More realistically, you'd just start with a huge buffer.
+	BUF_LEN = 0
+	fs = api.glfs_new(volume)
+	#api.glfs_set_logging(fs,"/dev/stderr",7)
+	api.glfs_set_volfile_server(fs,"tcp",host,24007)
+	api.glfs_init(fs)
+	vbuf = ctypes.create_string_buffer(BUF_LEN)
+	vlen = api.glfs_get_volfile(fs,vbuf,BUF_LEN)
+	if vlen < 0:
+		vlen = BUF_LEN - vlen
+		vbuf = ctypes.create_string_buffer(vlen)
+		vlen = api.glfs_get_volfile(fs,vbuf,vlen)
+	api.glfs_fini(fs)
+	if vlen <= 0:
+		return vlen
+	return vbuf.value[:vlen]
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	import sys
+
+	try:
+		res = apply(get_volfile,sys.argv[1:3])
+	except:
+		print "fetching volfile failed (volume not started?)"
+
+	try:
+		for line in res.split('\n'):
+			print line
+	except:
+		print "bad return value %s" % res