Command line parameters

Lazy Bear · Post by **Lazy Bear** » 27. Aug 2007, 12:03

is there any way to run VirtualBox from command line with some parameters? i'm asking beacause i want to make a shortcut that will run one of my VirtualBox computers without showing the main application window. is that or something like that possible? thanks for answers

Lazy Bear · Post by **Lazy Bear** » 28. Aug 2007, 18:54

Nobody knows?

Post by **stefan.becker** » 28. Aug 2007, 19:39

Read User Doc!

VBoxSDL

N9YTY · Post by **N9YTY** » 14. Sep 2007, 16:03

stefan.becker wrote:Read User Doc!

VBoxSDL

...Except that it doesn't work on OS X, and the user doc mentions nothing of that little fact.

/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxManage startvm {uuid}|{vmname}

Or at least from memory I think that's it.

Proktor · Post by **Proktor** » 16. Sep 2007, 23:30

You can simply use:

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VBoxManage startvm vmname

N9YTY · Post by **N9YTY** » 17. Sep 2007, 02:25

Proktor wrote:You can simply use:
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VBoxManage startvm vmname

Assuming that it's in your path, sure. For security, it's never a good idea to have the current directory in your path so at a bare minimum, if you are cd'd to that directory, you should have to use a ./ prefix. But, not everyone follows good security practices, so your mileage may vary.

Proktor · Post by **Proktor** » 17. Sep 2007, 10:05

I don't have ./ in PATH, but symbolic link to /opt/VirtualBox/VBoxManage in /usr/bin. It also isn't safe

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