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ModEdit; related ticket: #18873: "VBoxManage sharedfolder add" is missing documentation about the "--auto-mount-point" option

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I am trying to configure a Linux (CentOS 7) VM running on a Windows 7 host using VBoxManage (using VirtualBox 6.0.10) to script the configuration of my VM. While I have been able to add USB filters and perform other tasks via the CLI, I am struggling to map a folder on the host as a mount point in my VM. I am able to do it manually in the GUI where I am able to specify the "Mount Point" (e.g. "/mnt/host/x") which is associated with a "Folder Path" (e.g. "C:\Blah\Blah\x") and make it "Permanent" and "Auto-mount".

Where is the "Mount Point" option in the following syntax?

VBoxManage sharedfolder add "CentOS VM" --name "x" --hostpath "C:\Blah\Blah\x" --automount

It appears the VBoxManage command is missing this functionality and means I have to do it via the GUI - am I missing something here as I would really like to do this using VBoxManage?

It seems that the information/help/manual hasn't been updated to include that option. But, browsing through the source code, I see in src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxManage/VBoxManageMisc.cpp that this option is actually there:

chrixm wrote:

VBoxManage sharedfolder add "<VM>"
                        --name "<name>"
                        --hostpath "<hostpath>"
                        --automount
                        --auto-mount-point "<mountpoint>"

So, can you try the "--auto-mount-point" option and see if it works? It worked just fine on a test that I did here...


PS. IMHO, and in order to be consistent, this options should have been "--automount-point", to match the "--automount" option.

Thank you - this works

I went ahead and filed a ticket about this, ticket #18873.