VBox command line

[ninicp]

I'm trying to set up an automated start up for work so a few minutes before I have to wake up for work my computer sets up all the stuff I need for work. I run Fedora 10 as my host and all of my work takes place inside of a XP Guest. I'm trying to set up a crontab to start up my VM, but I need to know the bash command needed to start the graphical VM. Once I have that open I can make a macro to do what I need inside of XP. Does anyone know the command to start a VM?

[vbox4me2]

Its in the Manual.

[ninicp]

Right....thanks for your overwhelming help. So would you care to expound on that because I've already searched through the man file and there isn't anything that shows how to run the VM graphically. So does anyone know the command?

[stefan.becker]

He means the User Manual. Have a look at the Homepage.

[ninicp]

I guess I came to the wrong place for help.

[Perryg]

The VirtualBox Users guide and read in Chapter 8. VBoxManage reference. Several ways to start the VM are in there, depending on how you want it to start.
Here is a small snip.

• VBoxManage startvm <uuid>|<name>
  [--type gui|sdl|vrdp|headless]

Typically all you would need is VBoxManage startvm <machine name>
You would create a script using this command and the run the script however you need.

[ninicp]

Thank you very much Perryg that's exactly what I needed I appreciate your help.