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                 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
 
                 <variablelist>
                 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
 
                 <variablelist>
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>-H</option></term>
-                                <term><option>--host=</option></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Execute the operation
-                                remotely. Specify a hostname, or
-                                username and hostname separated by <literal>@</literal>,
-                                to connect to. This will use SSH to
-                                talk to the remote machine manager
-                                instance.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>-M</option></term>
-                                <term><option>--machine=</option></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Execute the operation on a
-                                local container. Specify a container
-                                name to connect to.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>-p</option></term>
                                 <term><option>--property=</option></term>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>-p</option></term>
                                 <term><option>--property=</option></term>
                                         footer.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                         footer.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--mkdir</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>When used with
+                                <command>bind</command> creates the
+                                destination directory before applying
+                                the bind mount.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--read-only</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>When used with
+                                <command>bind</command> applies a
+                                read-only bind
+                                mount.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
+                        <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
+
                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>status</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
+                                <term><command>status</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show terse runtime
                                 status information about one or more
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show terse runtime
                                 status information about one or more
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>show</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
+                                <term><command>show</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show properties of one
                                 or more registered virtual machines or
                                 containers or the manager itself. If
                                 no argument is specified, properties
                                 of the manager will be shown. If an
 
                                 <listitem><para>Show properties of one
                                 or more registered virtual machines or
                                 containers or the manager itself. If
                                 no argument is specified, properties
                                 of the manager will be shown. If an
-                                ID is specified, properties of this
+                                NAME is specified, properties of this
                                 virtual machine or container are
                                 shown. By default, empty properties
                                 are suppressed. Use
                                 virtual machine or container are
                                 shown. By default, empty properties
                                 are suppressed. Use
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>terminate</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
+                                <term><command>login</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
 
 
-                                <listitem><para>Terminates a virtual
-                                machine or container. This kills all
-                                processes of the virtual machine or
-                                container and deallocates all
-                                resources attached to that
-                                instance.</para></listitem>
+                                <listitem><para>Open a terminal login
+                                session to a container. This will
+                                create a TTY connection to a specific
+                                container and asks for the execution of a
+                                getty on it. Note that this is only
+                                supported for containers running
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                as init system.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>reboot</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Reboot one or more
+                                containers. This will trigger a reboot
+                                by sending SIGINT to the container's
+                                init process, which is roughly
+                                equivalent to pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del on
+                                a non-containerized system, and is
+                                compatible with containers running any
+                                init system.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>kill</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
+                                <term><command>poweroff</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Power off one or more
+                                containers. This will trigger a reboot
+                                by sending SIGRTMIN+4 to the
+                                container's init process, which causes
+                                systemd-compatible init systems to
+                                shut down cleanly. This operation does
+                                not work on containers that do not run
+                                a
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>-compatible
+                                init system, such as
+                                sysvinit.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>kill</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Send a signal to one
                                 or more processes of the virtual
 
                                 <listitem><para>Send a signal to one
                                 or more processes of the virtual
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>reboot</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
+                                <term><command>terminate</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
 
 
-                                <listitem><para>Reboot one or more
-                                containers. This will trigger a reboot
-                                by sending SIGINT to the container's
-                                init process, which is roughly
-                                equivalent to pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del on
-                                a non-containerized
-                                system.</para></listitem>
+                                <listitem><para>Terminates a virtual
+                                machine or container. This kills all
+                                processes of the virtual machine or
+                                container and deallocates all
+                                resources attached to that
+                                instance.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>login</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable></term>
+                                <term><command>bind</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>]</term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Bind mounts a
+                                directory from the host into the
+                                specified container. The first
+                                directory argument is the source
+                                directory on the host, the second
+                                directory argument the source
+                                directory on the host. When the latter
+                                is omitted the destination path in the
+                                container is the same as the source
+                                path on the host. When combined with
+                                the <option>--read-only</option>
+                                switch a ready-only bind mount is
+                                created. When combined with the
+                                <option>--mkdir</option> switch the
+                                destination path is first created
+                                before the mount is applied. Note that
+                                this option is currently only
+                                supported for
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                containers.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
 
 
-                                <listitem><para>Open a terminal login
-                                session to a container. This will
-                                create a TTY connection to a specific
-                                container and asks for the execution of a
-                                getty on it. Note that this is only
-                                supported for containers running
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                                as init system.</para></listitem>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>copy-to</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>]</term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Copies files or
+                                directories from the host system into
+                                a running container. Takes a container
+                                name, followed by the source path on
+                                the host and the destination path in
+                                the container. If the destination path
+                                is omitted the same as the source path
+                                is used.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
+
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>copy-from</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>]</term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Copies files or
+                                directories from a container into the
+                                host system. Takes a container name,
+                                followed by the source path in the
+                                container the destination path on the
+                                host. If the destination path is
+                                omitted the same as the source path is
+                                used.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                 </variablelist>
 
         </refsect1>
                 </variablelist>
 
         </refsect1>