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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage guestcontrol
+-->
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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-guestcontrol" lang="en">
+  <refentryinfo>
+    <pubdate>$Date: 2023-01-05 14:44:46 +0100 (Thu, 05 Jan 2023) $</pubdate>
+    <title>VBoxManage guestcontrol</title>
+  </refentryinfo>
+
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-guestcontrol</refentrytitle>
+    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>VBoxManage-guestcontrol</refname>
+    <refpurpose>control a virtual machine from the host system</refpurpose>
+    <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-run">
+<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">run</arg>
+      <arg>--domain=<replaceable>domainname</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--dos2unix</arg>
+      <arg>--exe=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--ignore-orphaned-processes</arg>
+      <group>
+        <arg choice="plain">--no-wait-stderr</arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--wait-stderr</arg>
+      </group>
+      <group>
+        <arg choice="plain">--no-wait-stdout</arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--wait-stdout</arg>
+      </group>
+      <group>
+        <arg choice="plain">--passwordfile=<replaceable>password-file</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg>--profile</arg>
+      <arg>--putenv=<replaceable>var-name</replaceable>=[<replaceable>value</replaceable>]</arg>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--timeout=<replaceable>msec</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--unix2dos</arg>
+      <arg>--unquoted-args</arg>
+      <arg>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+      <arg choice="req">-- <replaceable>program/arg0</replaceable> <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>argument</replaceable></arg></arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-start">
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">start</arg>
+      <arg>--domain=<replaceable>domainname</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--exe=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--ignore-orphaned-processes</arg>
+      <group>
+        <arg choice="plain">--passwordfile=<replaceable>password-file</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg>--profile</arg>
+      <arg>--putenv=<replaceable>var-name</replaceable>=[<replaceable>value</replaceable>]</arg>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--timeout=<replaceable>msec</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--unquoted-args</arg>
+      <arg>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+      <arg choice="req">-- <replaceable>program/arg0</replaceable> <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>argument</replaceable></arg></arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-copyfrom">
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">copyfrom</arg>
+      <arg>--dereference</arg>
+      <arg>--domain=<replaceable>domainname</replaceable></arg>
+      <group>
+        <arg choice="plain">--passwordfile=<replaceable>password-file</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--no-replace</arg>
+      <arg>--recursive</arg>
+      <arg>--target-directory=<replaceable>host-destination-dir</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--update</arg>
+      <arg>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+      <arg choice="req"><replaceable>guest-source0</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>guest-source1</replaceable> [...]</arg>
+      <arg choice="req"><replaceable>host-destination</replaceable></arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-copyto">
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">copyto</arg>
+      <arg>--dereference</arg>
+      <arg>--domain=<replaceable>domainname</replaceable></arg>
+      <group>
+        <arg choice="plain">--passwordfile=<replaceable>password-file</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--no-replace</arg>
+      <arg>--recursive</arg>
+      <arg>--target-directory=<replaceable>guest-destination-dir</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--update</arg>
+      <arg>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+      <arg choice="req"><replaceable>host-source0</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>host-source1</replaceable> [...]</arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-mkdir">
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">mkdir</arg>
+      <arg>--domain=<replaceable>domainname</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--mode=<replaceable>mode</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--parents</arg>
+      <group>
+        <arg choice="plain">--passwordfile=<replaceable>password-file</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+      <arg choice="req" rep="repeat"><replaceable>guest-directory</replaceable></arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-rmdir">
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">rmdir</arg>
+      <arg>--domain=<replaceable>domainname</replaceable></arg>
+      <group>
+        <arg choice="plain">--passwordfile=<replaceable>password-file</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--recursive</arg>
+      <arg>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+      <arg choice="req" rep="repeat"><replaceable>guest-directory</replaceable></arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-rm">
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">rm</arg>
+      <arg>--domain=<replaceable>domainname</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--force</arg>
+      <group>
+        <arg choice="plain">--passwordfile=<replaceable>password-file</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+      <arg choice="req" rep="repeat"><replaceable>guest-directory</replaceable></arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-mv">
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">mv</arg>
+      <arg>--domain=<replaceable>domainname</replaceable></arg>
+      <group>
+        <arg choice="plain">--passwordfile=<replaceable>password-file</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+      <arg choice="req" rep="repeat"><replaceable>source</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg choice="req"><replaceable>destination-directory</replaceable></arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-mktemp">
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">mktemp</arg>
+      <arg>--directory</arg>
+      <arg>--domain=<replaceable>domainname</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--mode=<replaceable>mode</replaceable></arg>
+      <group>
+        <arg choice="plain">--passwordfile=<replaceable>password-file</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--secure</arg>
+      <arg>--tmpdir=<replaceable>directory-name</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+      <arg choice="req"><replaceable>template-name</replaceable></arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-stat">
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">stat</arg>
+      <arg>--domain=<replaceable>domainname</replaceable></arg>
+      <group>
+        <arg choice="plain">--passwordfile=<replaceable>password-file</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+      <arg choice="req"><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-list">
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">list</arg>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain">all</arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">files</arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">processes</arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">sessions</arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-closeprocess">
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">closeprocess</arg>
+      <group>
+        <arg choice="plain">--session-id=<replaceable>ID</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--session-name=<replaceable>name-or-pattern</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+      <arg choice="req" rep="repeat"><replaceable>PID</replaceable></arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-closesession">
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">closesession</arg>
+      <group>
+        <arg choice="plain">--all</arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--session-id=<replaceable>ID</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">--session-name=<replaceable>name-or-pattern</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-updatega">
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">updatega</arg>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+      <arg>--source=<replaceable>guest-additions.ISO</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--wait-start</arg>
+      <arg>-- <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>argument</replaceable></arg></arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-guestcontrol-watch">
+      <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="plain">watch</arg>
+      <arg>--quiet</arg>
+      <arg>--verbose</arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+    <para>
+      The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command> command enables you
+      to control a guest (VM) from the host system. See
+      <xref linkend="guestadd-guestcontrol" />.
+    </para>
+    <refsect2>
+      <title>Common Options and Operands</title>
+      <para>
+        The following options can be used by any of the
+        <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command> subcommands:
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <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><option>--quiet</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies that the command produce quieter output.
+            </para><para>
+              The short form of this option is <option>-q</option>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--verbose</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies that the command produce more detailed output.
+            </para><para>
+              The short form of this option is <option>-v</option>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+      <para>
+        Some of the <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol</command>
+        subcommands require that you provide guest credentials for
+        authentication. The subcommands are:
+        <command>copyfrom</command>, <command>copyto</command>,
+        <command>mkdir</command>, <command>mktemp</command>,
+        <command>mv</command>, <command>rmdir</command>,
+        <command>rm</command>, <command>run</command>,
+        <command>start</command>, and <command>stat</command>.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        While you cannot perform anonymous executions, a user account
+        password is optional and depends on the guest's OS security
+        policy. If a user account does not have an associated password,
+        specify an empty password. On OSes such as Windows, you might
+        need to adjust the security policy to permit user accounts with
+        an empty password. In additional, global domain rules might
+        apply and therefore cannot be changed.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        The following options are used for authentication on the guest
+        VM:
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--domain=<replaceable>domainname</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the user domain for Windows guest VMs.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the password for the specified user. If you do
+              not specify a password on the command line or if the
+              password file is empty, the specified user needs to have
+              an empty password.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--passwordfile=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the absolute path to a file on the guest OS that
+              contains the password for the specified user. If the
+              password file is empty or if you do not specify a password
+              on the command line, the specified user needs to have an
+              empty password.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies an existing user on the guest OS that runs the
+              process. If unspecified, the host user runs the process.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2>
+      <title>Guest Process Restrictions</title>
+      <para>
+        By default, you can run up to five guest processes
+        simultaneously. If a new guest process starts and would exceed
+        this limit, the oldest not-running guest process is discarded to
+        run the new process. You cannot retrieve output from a discarded
+        guest process. If all five guest processes are active and
+        running, attempting to start a new guest process fails.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        You can modify the guest process execution limit in two ways:
+      </para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem><para>
+            Use the <command>VBoxManage setproperty</command> command to
+            update the
+            <literal>/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--control-procs-max-kept</literal>
+            guest property value.
+          </para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>
+            Use the <command>VBoxService</command> command and specify
+            the
+            <option>--control-procs-max-kept=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option>
+            option.
+          </para></listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+      <para>
+        After you change the limit, you must restart the guest OS.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        You can serve an unlimited number guest processes by specifing a
+        value of <literal>0</literal>, however this action is not
+        recommended.
+      </para>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-run">
+      <title>Run a Command on the guest</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> run</command> command enables
+        you to execute a program on the guest VM. Standard input,
+        standard output, and standard error are redirected from the VM
+        to the host system until the program completes.
+      </para>
+      <note>
+        <para>
+          The Windows OS imposes certain limitations for graphical
+          applications. See <xref linkend="KnownIssues" />.
+        </para>
+      </note>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--exe=<replaceable>path-to-executable</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the absolute path of the executable program to
+              run on the guest VM. For example:
+              <filename>C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe</filename>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--timeout=<replaceable>msec</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the maximum amount of time, in milliseconds,
+              that the program can run. While the program runs,
+              <command>VBoxManage</command> receives its output.
+            </para><para>
+              If you do not specify a timeout value,
+              <command>VBoxManage</command> waits indefinitely for the
+              process to end, or for an error to occur.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--putenv=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>=[<replaceable>value</replaceable>]</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Sets, modifies, and unsets environment variables in the
+              guest VM environment.
+            </para><para>
+              When you create a guest process, it runs with the default
+              standard guest OS environment. Use this option to modify
+              environment variables in that default environment.
+            </para><para>
+              Use the
+              <option>--putenv=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>=[<replaceable>value</replaceable>]</option>
+              option to set or modify the environment variable specified
+              by <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>.
+            </para><para>
+              Use the
+              <option>--putenv=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>=[<replaceable>value</replaceable>]</option>
+              option to unset the environment variable specified by
+              <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>.
+            </para><para>
+              Ensure that any environment variable name or value that
+              includes spaces is enclosed by quotes.
+            </para><para>
+              Specify a <option>--putenv</option> option for each
+              environment variable that you want to modify.
+            </para><para>
+              The short form of this option is <option>-E</option>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--unquoted-args</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Disables the escaped double quoting of arguments that you
+              pass to the program. For example,
+              <literal>\"fred\"</literal>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--ignore-orphaned-processes</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Ignores orphaned processes. Not yet implemented.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--profile</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Uses a shell profile to specify the environment to use.
+              Not yet implemented.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--no-wait-stdout</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Does not wait for the guest process to end or receive its
+              exit code and any failure explanation.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--wait-stdout</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Waits for the guest process to end to receive its exit
+              code and any failure explanation. The
+              <command>VBoxManage</command> command receives the
+              standard output of the guest process while the process
+              runs.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--no-wait-stderr</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Does not wait for the guest process to end to receive its
+              exit code, error messages, and flags.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--wait-stderr</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Waits for the guest process to end to receive its exit
+              code, error messages, and flags. The
+              <command>VBoxManage</command> command receives the
+              standard error of the guest process while the process
+              runs.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--dos2unix</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Transform DOS or Windows guest output to UNIX or Linux
+              output. This transformation changes CR + LF line endings
+              to LF. Not yet implemented.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--unix2dos</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Transform UNIX or Linux guest output to DOS or Windows
+              output. This transformation changes LF line endings to CR
+              + LF.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>-- <replaceable>program/arg0</replaceable> [<replaceable>argument</replaceable>...]</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the name of the program and any arguments to
+              pass to the program.
+            </para><para>
+              Ensure that any command argument that includes spaces is
+              enclosed by quotes.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-start">
+      <title>Start a Command on the guest</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> start</command> command
+        enables you to execute a guest program until it completes.
+      </para>
+      <note>
+        <para>
+          The Windows OS imposes certain limitations for graphical
+          applications. See <xref linkend="KnownIssues" />.
+        </para>
+      </note>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-copyfrom">
+      <title>Copy a file from the guest to the host.</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> copyfrom</command> command
+        enables you to copy a file from the guest VM to the host system.
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--dereference</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Enables following of symbolic links on the guest file
+              system.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--no-replace</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Only copies a file if it does not exist on the host yet.
+            </para><para>
+              The short form of this option is <option>-n</option>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--recursive</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Recursively copies files and directories from the
+              specified guest directory to the host.
+            </para><para>
+              The short form of this option is <option>-R</option>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--target-directory=<replaceable>host-dst-dir</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the absolute path of the destination directory
+              on the host system. For example,
+              <filename>C:\Temp</filename>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--update</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Only copies a file if the guest file is newer than on the host.
+            </para><para>
+              The short form of this option is <option>-u</option>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><literal><replaceable>guest-source0</replaceable> [<replaceable>guest-source1</replaceable> [...]]</literal></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the absolute path of one or more files to copy
+              from the guest VM. For example,
+              <filename>C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe</filename>. You can
+              use wildcards to specify multiple files. For example,
+              <filename>C:\Windows\System*\*.dll</filename>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-copyto">
+      <title>Copy a file from the host to the guest.</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> copyto</command> command
+        enables you to copy a file from the host system to the guest VM.
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--dereference</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Enables following of symbolic links on the host system.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--no-replace</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Only copies a file if it does not exist on the guest yet.
+            </para><para>
+              The short form of this option is <option>-n</option>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--recursive</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Recursively copies files and directories from the
+              specified host directory to the guest.
+            </para><para>
+              The short form of this option is <option>-R</option>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--target-directory=<replaceable>guest-dst-dir</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the absolute path of the destination directory
+              on the guest. For example,
+              <filename>/home/myuser/fromhost</filename>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--update</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Only copies a file if the host file is newer than on the guest.
+            </para><para>
+              The short form of this option is <option>-u</option>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><literal><replaceable>host-source0</replaceable> [<replaceable>host-source1</replaceable> [...]]</literal></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the absolute path of a file to
+              copy from the host system. For example,
+              <filename>C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe</filename>. You can
+              use wildcards to specify multiple files. For example,
+              <filename>C:\Windows\System*\*.dll</filename>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-mkdir">
+      <title>Create a directory on the guest.</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> mkdir</command> command
+        enables you to create one or more directories on the guest VM.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        Alternate forms of this subcommand are <command>md</command>,
+        <command>createdir</command>, and
+        <command>createdirectory</command>.
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--parents</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Creates any of the missing parent directories of the
+              specified directory.
+            </para><para>
+              For example, if you attempt to create the
+              <filename>D:\Foo\Bar</filename> directory and the
+              <filename>D:\Foo</filename> directory does not exist,
+              using the <option>--parents</option> creates the missing
+              <filename>D:\Foo</filename> directory. However, if you
+              attempt to create the <filename>D:\Foo\Bar</filename> and
+              do not specify the <option>--parents</option> option, the
+              command fails.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--mode=<replaceable>mode</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the permission mode to use for the specified
+              directory. If you specify the <option>--parents</option>
+              option, the mode is used for the associated parent
+              directories, as well. <replaceable>mode</replaceable> is a
+              four-digit octal mode such as <literal>0755</literal>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><literal><replaceable>guest-dir</replaceable> [<replaceable>guest-dir</replaceable>...]</literal></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies an absolute path of one or more directories to
+              create on the guest VM. For example,
+              <filename>D:\Foo\Bar</filename>.
+            </para><para>
+              If all of the associated parent directories do not exist
+              on the guest VM, you must specify the
+              <option>--parents</option> option.
+            </para><para>
+              You must have sufficient rights on the guest VM to create
+              the specified directory and its parent directories.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-rmdir">
+      <title>Remove a directory from the guest.</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> rmdir</command> command
+        enables you to delete the specified directory from the guest VM.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        Alternate forms of this subcommand are
+        <command>removedir</command> and
+        <command>removedirectory</command>.
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--recursive</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Recursively removes directories from the specified from
+              the guest VM.
+            </para><para>
+              The short form of this option is <option>-R</option>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><literal><replaceable>guest-dir</replaceable> [<replaceable>guest-dir</replaceable>...]</literal></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies an absolute path of one or more directories to
+              remove from the guest VM. You can use wildcards to specify
+              the directory names. For example,
+              <filename>D:\Foo\*Bar</filename>.
+            </para><para>
+              You must have sufficient rights on the guest VM to remove
+              the specified directory and its parent directories.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-rm">
+      <title>Remove a file from the guest.</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> rm</command> command enables
+        you to delete the specified files from the guest VM.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        The alternate form of this subcommand is
+        <command>removefile</command>.
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--force</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Forces the operation and overrides any confirmation
+              requests.
+            </para><para>
+              The short form of this option is <option>-f</option>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><literal><replaceable>guest-file</replaceable> [<replaceable>guest-file</replaceable>...]</literal></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies an absolute path of one or more file to remove
+              from the guest VM. You can use wildcards to specify the
+              file names. For example,
+              <filename>D:\Foo\Bar\text*.txt</filename>.
+            </para><para>
+              You must have sufficient rights on the guest VM to remove
+              the specified file.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-mv">
+      <title>Rename a file or Directory on the guest</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> mv</command> command enables
+        you to rename files and directories on the guest VM.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        Alternate forms of this subcommand are <command>move</command>,
+        <command>ren</command>, and <command>rename</command>.
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><literal><replaceable>guest-source</replaceable> [<replaceable>guest-source</replaceable>...]</literal></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies an absolute path of a file or a single directory
+              to move or rename on the guest VM. You can use wildcards
+              to specify the file names.
+            </para><para>
+              You must have sufficient rights on the guest VM to access
+              the specified file or directory.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><replaceable>dest</replaceable></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the absolute path of the renamed file or
+              directory, or the destination directory to which to move
+              the files. If you move only one file,
+              <replaceable>dest</replaceable> can be a file or a
+              directory, otherwise <replaceable>dest</replaceable> must
+              be a directory.
+            </para><para>
+              You must have sufficient rights on the guest VM to access
+              the destination file or directory.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-mktemp">
+      <title>Create a Temporary File or Directory on the guest</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> mktemp</command> command
+        enables you to create a temporary file or temporary directory on
+        the guest VM. You can use this command to assist with the
+        subsequent copying of files from the host system to the guest
+        VM. By default, this command creates the file or directory in
+        the guest VM's platform-specific <filename>temp</filename>
+        directory.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        Alternate forms of this subcommand are
+        <command>createtemp</command> and
+        <command>createtemporary</command>.
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--directory</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Creates a temporary directory that is specified by the
+              <replaceable>template</replaceable> operand.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--secure</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Enforces secure file and directory creation by setting the
+              permission mode to <literal>0755</literal>. Any operation
+              that cannot be performed securely fails.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--mode=<replaceable>mode</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the permission mode to use for the specified
+              directory. <replaceable>mode</replaceable> is a four-digit
+              octal mode such as <literal>0755</literal>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--tmpdir=<replaceable>directory</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the absolute path of the directory on the guest
+              VM in which to create the specified file or directory. If
+              unspecified, <replaceable>directory</replaceable> is the
+              platform-specific <filename>temp</filename> directory.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><replaceable>template</replaceable></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies a template file name for the temporary file,
+              without a directory path. The template file name must
+              contain at least one sequence of three consecutive X
+              characters, or must end in X.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-stat">
+      <title>Show a file or File System Status on the guest</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> stat</command> command enables
+        you to show the status of files or file systems on the guest VM.
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><literal><replaceable>file</replaceable> [<replaceable>file</replaceable> ...]</literal></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies an absolute path of a file or file system on the
+              guest VM. For example,
+              <filename>/home/foo/a.out</filename>.
+            </para><para>
+              You must have sufficient rights on the guest VM to access
+              the specified files or file systems.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-list">
+      <title>List the Configuration and Status Information for a Guest Virtual
+        Machine</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> list</command> command enables
+        you to list guest control configuration and status information.
+        For example, the output shows open guest sessions, guest
+        processes, and files.
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><literal>all</literal>|<literal>sessions</literal>|<literal>processes</literal>|<literal>files</literal></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Indicates the type of information to show.
+              <literal>all</literal> shows all available data,
+              <literal>sessions</literal> shows guest sessions,
+              <literal>processes</literal> shows processes, and
+              <literal>files</literal> shows files.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-closeprocess">
+      <title>Terminate a Process in a guest Session</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> closeprocess</command> command
+        enables you to terminate a guest process that runs in a guest
+        session. Specify the process by using a process identifier (PID)
+        and the session by using the session ID or name.
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--session-id=<replaceable>ID</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the ID of the guest session.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--session-name=<replaceable>name</replaceable>|<replaceable>pattern</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the name of the guest session. Use a pattern
+              that contains wildcards to specify multiple sessions.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><literal><replaceable>PID</replaceable> [<replaceable>PID</replaceable> ...]</literal></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the list of PIDs of guest processes to
+              terminate.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-closesession">
+      <title>Close a guest Session</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> closesession</command> command
+        enables you to close a guest session. Specify the guest session
+        either by session ID or by name.
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--session-id=<replaceable>ID</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the ID of the guest session.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--session-name=<replaceable>name</replaceable>|<replaceable>pattern</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the name of the guest session. Use a pattern
+              that contains wildcards to specify multiple sessions.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--all</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Closes all guest sessions.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-updatega">
+      <title>Update the Guest Additions Software on the guest</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> updatega</command> command
+        enables you to update the Guest Additions software installed in
+        the specified guest VM.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        Alternate forms of this subcommand are
+        <command>updateadditions</command> and
+        <command>updateguestadditions</command>.
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--source=<replaceable>new-iso-path</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the absolute path of the Guest Additions update
+              <filename>.ISO</filename> file on the guest VM.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--reboot</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Automatically reboots the guest after a successful Guest Additions
+              update.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--timeout=<replaceable>ms</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Sets the timeout (in ms) to wait for the overall Guest Additions update
+              to complete. By default no timeout is being used.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--verify</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Verifies whether the Guest Additions were updated successfully after
+              a successful installation. A guest reboot is mandatory.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--wait-ready</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Waits for the current Guest Additions being ready to handle the
+              Guest Additions update.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--wait-start</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Starts the <command>VBoxManage</command> update process on
+              the guest VM and then waits for the Guest Additions update
+              to begin before terminating the
+              <command>VBoxManage</command> process.
+            </para><para>
+              By default, the <command>VBoxManage</command> command
+              waits for the Guest Additions update to complete before it
+              terminates. Use this option when a running
+              <command>VBoxManage</command> process affects the
+              interaction between the installer and the guest OS.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>-- <replaceable>argument</replaceable> [<replaceable>argument</replaceable> ...]</option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies optional command-line arguments to pass to the
+              Guest Additions updater. You might use the
+              <option>--</option> option to pass the appropriate updater
+              arguments to retrofit features that are not yet installed.
+            </para><para>
+              Ensure that any command argument that includes spaces is
+              enclosed by quotes.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-waitrunlevel">
+      <title>Wait for a guest run level</title>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> waitrunlevel</command> command
+        enables you to wait for a guest run level being reached.
+      </para>
+      <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--timeout=<replaceable>ms</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Sets the timeout (in ms) to wait for reaching the run level.
+              By default no timeout is being used.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option><replaceable>system</replaceable>|<replaceable>userland</replaceable>|<replaceable>desktop</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+            Specifies the run level to wait for.
+          </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+    </refsect2>
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-guestcontrol-watch">
+      <title>Show Current Guest Control Activity</title>
+      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol
+        <replaceable>vmname</replaceable> watch</command> command
+        enables you to show current guest control activity.
+      </para>
+    </refsect2>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Examples</title>
+    <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL"/>
+    <para>
+      The following <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol run</command>
+      command executes the <command>ls -l /usr</command> command on the
+      <literal>My OL VM</literal> Oracle Linux VM as the
+      <literal>user1</literal> user.
+    </para>
+<screen>
+$ VBoxManage --nologo guestcontrol "My OL VM" run --exe "/bin/ls" \
+--username user1 --passwordfile pw.txt --wait-stdout -- -l /usr
+</screen>
+    <para>
+      The <option>--exe</option> option specifies the absolute path of
+      the command to run in the guest VM, <filename>/bin/ls</filename>.
+      Use the <option>--</option> option to pass any arguments that
+      follow it to the <command>ls</command> command.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      Use the <option>--username</option> option to specify the user
+      name, <literal>user1</literal> and use the
+      <option>--passwordfile</option> option to specify the name of a
+      file that includes the password for the <literal>user1</literal>
+      user, <filename>pw.txt</filename>.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      The <option>--wait-stdout</option> option waits for the
+      <command>ls</command> guest process to complete before providing
+      the exit code and the command output. The
+      <option>--nologo</option> option suppresses the output of the logo
+      information.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      The following <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol run</command>
+      command executes the <command>ipconfig</command> command on the
+      <literal>My Win VM</literal> Windows VM as the
+      <literal>user1</literal> user. Standard input, standard output,
+      and standard error are redirected from the VM to the host system
+      until the program completes.
+    </para>
+<screen>
+$ VBoxManage --nologo guestcontrol "My Win VM" run \
+--exe "c:\\windows\\system32\\ipconfig.exe" \
+--username user1 --passwordfile pw.txt --wait-stdout
+</screen>
+    <para>
+      The <option>--exe</option> specifies the absolute path of command
+      to run in the guest VM,
+      <filename>c:\windows\system32\ipconfig.exe</filename>. The double
+      backslashes shown in this example are required only on UNIX host
+      systems.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      Use the <option>--username</option> option to specify the user
+      name, <literal>user1</literal> and use the
+      <option>--passwordfile</option> option to specify the name of a
+      file that includes the password for the <literal>user1</literal>
+      user, <filename>pw.txt</filename>.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      The <option>--wait-stdout</option> option waits for the
+      <command>ls</command> guest process to complete before providing
+      the exit code and the command output. The
+      <option>--nologo</option> option to suppress the output of the
+      logo information.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      The following <command>VBoxManage guestcontrol start</command>
+      command executes the <command>ls -l /usr</command> command on the
+      <literal>My OL VM</literal> Oracle Linux VM until the program
+      completes.
+    </para>
+<screen>
+$ VBoxManage --nologo guestcontrol "My Win VM" start \
+--exe "c:\\windows\\system32\\ipconfig.exe" \
+--username user1 --passwordfile pw.txt --wait-stdout
+</screen>
+  </refsect1>
+</refentry>