VBOX_USER_HOME usage

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Slym
Posts: 5
Joined: 14. Aug 2010, 00:02
Primary OS: Mac OS X Leopard
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Linux

VBOX_USER_HOME usage

Post by Slym »

Hi there,

I'm trying to find a way to use VBOX_USER_HOME variable.

I've already read the two threads about this variable but they did not answer my questions.

I would like to know if it is possible to start VirtualBox from a script (shell for example) and have VBOX_USER_HOME set to another one than default.

I tried like this :

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#!/bin/sh
export VBOX_USER_HOME=`pwd`"/VirtualBox/data/.VirtualBox"
VirtualBox


This is not working. Apparently VBoxSVC does not take VBOX_USER_HOME into account until restart.

Is there an easy way to make this work ? Can VBoxSVC be restarted in a script ?

Thank you in advance for your help.
Slym
Posts: 5
Joined: 14. Aug 2010, 00:02
Primary OS: Mac OS X Leopard
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Linux

Re: VBOX_USER_HOME usage

Post by Slym »

Any news on that one ?
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