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diff --git a/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-sharedfolder.xml b/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-sharedfolder.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d7adcf5e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-sharedfolder.xml @@ -0,0 +1,212 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!-- + manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage sharedfolder +--> +<!-- + 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-sharedfolder" lang="en"> + <refentryinfo> + <pubdate>$Date: 2022-08-22 19:43:14 +0200 (Mon, 22 Aug 2022) $</pubdate> + <title>VBoxManage sharedfolder</title> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-sharedfolder</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>VBoxManage-sharedfolder</refname> + <refpurpose>add and remove shared folders</refpurpose> + <refclass>&product-name;</refclass> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-sharedfolder-add"> +<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. --> + <command>VBoxManage sharedfolder add</command> + <group choice="req"> + <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg> + <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg> + </group> + <arg choice="req">--name=<replaceable>name</replaceable></arg> + <arg choice="req">--hostpath=<replaceable>hostpath</replaceable></arg> + <arg>--readonly</arg> + <arg>--transient</arg> + <arg>--automount</arg> + <arg>--auto-mount-point=<replaceable>path</replaceable></arg> + </cmdsynopsis> + + <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-sharedfolder-remove"> + <command>VBoxManage sharedfolder remove</command> + <group choice="req"> + <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg> + <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg> + </group> + <arg choice="req">--name=<replaceable>name</replaceable></arg> + <arg>--transient</arg> + </cmdsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + <para> + Shared folders enable you to share data between the host system + and guests. To use shared folders, you must first install the + &product-name; Guest Additions software on the guest OS. + </para> + <para> + The shared folder is associated with a share name and the full + path name of the folder or directory on the host system. The share + name is a unique name within the namespace of the host OS. + </para> + <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-sharedfolder-add"> + <title>Add a Shared Folder</title> + <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/> + <para> + The <command>VBoxManage sharedfolder add</command> command + creates a shared folder. The folder you specify is on the host + computer. When configured, the contents of the folder on the + host system can be shared with the guest OS. + </para> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable>|<replaceable>vmname</replaceable></term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies the name or UUID of the guest VM that shares a + folder with the host system. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>--name=<replaceable>name</replaceable></term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies the name of the share, which is a unique name + within the namespace of the host OS. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>--hostpath=<replaceable>hostpath</replaceable></term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies the absolute path of the folder or directory on + the host OS to share with the guest OS. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>--readonly</term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies that the share has only read-only access to + files at the host path. + </para><para> + By default, shared folders have read-write access to the + files at the host path. However on Linux distributions, + shared folders are mounted with 770 file permissions with + the <literal>root</literal> user and the + <literal>vboxsf</literal> group. By using this option, the + file permissions become 700. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>--transient</term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies that the share is transient, which means that it + can be added and removed at runtime and does not persist + after the VM stops. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>--automount</term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies that the share is automatically mounted. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>--auto-mount-point=<replaceable>path</replaceable></term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies the mount point of the share. This guest OS specific. + </para><para> + For Windows and OS/2 guest this must be an unused drive letter. + If left blank (or if the drive letter is already in use), the + last unused drive letter is used instead (i.e. searching from + <literal>Z:</literal> thru <literal>A:</literal>). + </para><para> + For Linux, Solaris and other unix guest, it must be an absolute + path like <filename>/mnt/mysharedfolder</filename>. If left + empty the default location is + <filename>/media/sf_<replaceable>sharename</replaceable></filename>. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect2> + <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-sharedfolder-remove"> + <title>Remove a Shared Folder</title> + <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/> + <para> + The <command>VBoxManage sharedfolder remove</command> command + removes a shared folder. + </para> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable>|<replaceable>vmname</replaceable></term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies the name or UUID of the guest VM that shares a + folder with the host system. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>--name=<replaceable>name</replaceable></term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies the name of the share to remove. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>--transient</term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies that the share is transient, which means that it + can be added and removed at runtime and does not persist + after the VM stops. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect2> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Examples</title> + <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" /> + <para> + The following command creates a shared folder called + <filename>o7share</filename> for the <filename>ol7</filename> VM. + The share is mounted automatically when the VM is started. + </para> +<screen>$ VBoxManage sharedfolder add ol7 --name ol7share --hostpath "/home/user/ol7share" --automount</screen> + <para> + The following command removes the shared folder called + <filename>o7share</filename> for the <filename>ol7</filename> VM. + </para> +<screen>$ VBoxManage sharedfolder remove ol7 --name ol7share</screen> + </refsect1> +</refentry> |