diff --git a/cplusplus/include/vips/vips-operators.h b/cplusplus/include/vips/vips-operators.h
index 481600da..cd06cd71 100644
--- a/cplusplus/include/vips/vips-operators.h
+++ b/cplusplus/include/vips/vips-operators.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // headers for vips operations
-// Thu 18 Jun 2020 01:19:31 PM CEST
+// Sun  5 Jul 22:36:46 BST 2020
 // this file is generated automatically, do not edit!
 
 /**
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ static VImage matload( const char *filename, VOption *options = 0 );
 /**
  * Invert an matrix.
  * @param options Optional options.
- * @return Output image.
+ * @return Output matrix.
  */
 VImage matrixinvert( VOption *options = 0 ) const;
 
@@ -1620,6 +1620,14 @@ void pngsave_target( VTarget target, VOption *options = 0 ) const;
  */
 static VImage ppmload( const char *filename, VOption *options = 0 );
 
+/**
+ * Load ppm base class.
+ * @param source Source to load from.
+ * @param options Optional options.
+ * @return Output image.
+ */
+static VImage ppmload_source( VSource source, VOption *options = 0 );
+
 /**
  * Save image to ppm file.
  * @param filename Filename to save to.
@@ -1627,6 +1635,13 @@ static VImage ppmload( const char *filename, VOption *options = 0 );
  */
 void ppmsave( const char *filename, VOption *options = 0 ) const;
 
+/**
+ * Save to ppm.
+ * @param target Target to save to.
+ * @param options Optional options.
+ */
+void ppmsave_target( VTarget target, VOption *options = 0 ) const;
+
 /**
  * Premultiply image alpha.
  * @param options Optional options.
diff --git a/cplusplus/vips-operators.cpp b/cplusplus/vips-operators.cpp
index aca3a206..f8456a5f 100644
--- a/cplusplus/vips-operators.cpp
+++ b/cplusplus/vips-operators.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // bodies for vips operations
-// Thu 18 Jun 2020 01:19:31 PM CEST
+// Sun  5 Jul 22:36:37 BST 2020
 // this file is generated automatically, do not edit!
 
 VImage VImage::CMC2LCh( VOption *options ) const
@@ -2467,6 +2467,18 @@ VImage VImage::ppmload( const char *filename, VOption *options )
     return( out );
 }
 
+VImage VImage::ppmload_source( VSource source, VOption *options )
+{
+    VImage out;
+
+    call( "ppmload_source",
+        (options ? options : VImage::option())->
+            set( "out", &out )->
+            set( "source", source ) );
+
+    return( out );
+}
+
 void VImage::ppmsave( const char *filename, VOption *options ) const
 {
     call( "ppmsave",
@@ -2475,6 +2487,14 @@ void VImage::ppmsave( const char *filename, VOption *options ) const
             set( "filename", filename ) );
 }
 
+void VImage::ppmsave_target( VTarget target, VOption *options ) const
+{
+    call( "ppmsave_target",
+        (options ? options : VImage::option())->
+            set( "in", *this )->
+            set( "target", target ) );
+}
+
 VImage VImage::premultiply( VOption *options ) const
 {
     VImage out;