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Merging upstream version 7.1.8-dfsg.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="guestadd-gc-file-manager-using">
<title>Transferring Files</title>
<body>
<p>To use the Guest Control File Manager to transfer files, follow these steps. </p>
<ol>
<li>Ensure you have the username and password for an account on the guest system, with appropriate permissions on
the files you need to access.</li>
<li>
<p>Open the Guest Control File Manager. Do either of the following: </p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
In the guest VM, select
<b outputclass="bold">Machine</b>,
<b outputclass="bold">File Manager</b>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p> In <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>, click the machine name. Click
<b outputclass="bold">File Manager</b> in the machine tools menu for the VM. </p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>The <b>Host File System</b> pane shows the files on the host system. </p>
</li>
<li>
<p>In the <b>Guest File System</b> pane, enter the <b>User Name</b> and <b>Password</b> for the user you want to
log in as. </p>
<p>Click <b outputclass="bold">Open Session</b>. </p>
<p>The VM file system appears in the <b>Guest File System</b> pane. </p>
</li>
<li>
<p>To transfer from the VM to the host, select the file(s) and click <b>Copy From Guest to Host</b>. </p>
<p>To transfer from the host to the VM, select the file(s) and click <b>Copy From Host to Guest</b>.</p>
</li>
<li>Check the progress of the transfer in the <b>Operations</b> pane.</li>
<li>
<p>Click <b outputclass="bold">Close</b> to end the guest session and the Guest Control File Manager. </p>
</li>
</ol>
</body>
</topic>