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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage setextradata
+
+ Copyright (C) 2006-2020 Oracle Corporation
+
+ This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
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+ -->
+<!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-setextradata" lang="en">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <pubdate>August 2019</pubdate>
+ <title>VBoxManage setextradata</title>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-setextradata</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>VBoxManage-setextradata</refname>
+ <refpurpose>set a keyword value that is associated with a virtual machine or
+ configuration</refpurpose>
+ <refclass>Oracle VM VirtualBox</refclass>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-setextradata">
+<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
+ <command>VBoxManage setextradata</command>
+ <group choice="req">
+ <arg choice="plain">global</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+ </group>
+ <arg choice="req"><replaceable>keyword</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg><replaceable>value</replaceable></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ The <command>VBoxManage setextradata</command> command enables you
+ to set a keyword value that is associated with a virtual machine
+ (VM) or with an &product-name; configuration.
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>global</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sets information about the configuration rather than a VM.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable>|<replaceable>vmname</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or name
+ of the VM.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable>keyword</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the keyword for which to set its value.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable>value</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the keyword value. Specifying no value removes the
+ keyword.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL"/>
+ <para>
+ The following command sets the <literal>installdate</literal>
+ keyword value for the <literal>Fedora5</literal> VM to
+ <literal>2019.01.01</literal>:
+ </para>
+<screen>$ VBoxManage setextradata Fedora5 installdate 2019.01.01</screen>
+ <para>
+ The following command unsets the value of the
+ <literal>installdate</literal> keyword for the
+ <literal>Fedora5</literal> VM:
+ </para>
+<screen>$ VBoxManage setextradata Fedora5 installdate</screen>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <xref linkend="vboxmanage-getextradata" />
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>