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diff --git a/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-closemedium.xml b/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-closemedium.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..59d6e33e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-closemedium.xml @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!-- + manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage closemedium +--> +<!-- + Copyright (C) 2006-2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates. + + This file is part of VirtualBox base platform packages, as + available from https://www.virtualbox.org. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License + as published by the Free Software Foundation, in version 3 of the + License. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses>. + + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only +--> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[ +<!ENTITY % all.entities SYSTEM "all-entities.ent"> +%all.entities; +]> +<refentry id="vboxmanage-closemedium" lang="en"> + <refentryinfo> + <pubdate>$Date: 2022-08-22 19:43:14 +0200 (Mon, 22 Aug 2022) $</pubdate> + <title>VBoxManage closemedium</title> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-closemedium</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>VBoxManage-closemedium</refname> + <refpurpose>remove a hard disk, DVD, or floppy image from the media registry</refpurpose> + <refclass>&product-name;</refclass> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-closemedium"> +<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. --> + <command>VBoxManage closemedium</command> + <group> + <arg choice="plain">disk</arg> + <arg choice="plain">dvd</arg> + <arg choice="plain">floppy</arg> + </group> + <group choice="req"> + <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg> + <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg> + </group> + <arg>--delete</arg> + </cmdsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + <para> + The <command>VBoxManage closemedium</command> command removes a + hard disk, DVD, or floppy image from the list of known media used + by &product-name;. The image is then unavailable for selection in + the Virtual Media Manager. + </para> + <para> + To use this command, the image must not be attached to any VMs. + </para> + <para> + Optionally, you can request that the image be deleted. + </para> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>disk|dvd|floppy</term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies the type of medium. Valid values are + <literal>disk</literal> (hard drive), + <literal>dvd</literal>, or <literal>floppy</literal>. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable>|<replaceable>filename</replaceable></term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or + absolute path name of the medium or image. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--delete</option></term> + <listitem><para> + Deletes the image file. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Examples</title> + <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" /> + <para> + The following command removes the disk image file called + <filename>disk01.vdi</filename> from the registry. + </para> +<screen>$ VBoxManage closemedium disk01.vdi</screen> + <para> + The following command removes the disk image file called + <filename>disk01.vdi</filename> from the registry and deletes the + image file. + </para> +<screen>$ VBoxManage closemedium disk01.vdi --delete</screen> + </refsect1> +</refentry> |