VBoxManage guestcontrol -- unable to pass arguments

[Technologov]

I did:
C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage --nologo guestcontrol execute "Fed
ora 14 64-bit" "/bin/uname" --arguments "-a" --username foo --password
bar --wait-for stdout

with the goal to run:
$ uname -a

but I got output of 'uname' only.

Any ideas?

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-Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"

[Perryg]

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VBoxManage guestcontrol Ubuntu-10.10 execute --image /bin/uname --username foo --password bar --wait-stdout -- -a

Use the 8.2 Commands overview. It looks to me like the 8.29 is written wrong(in my user manual anyway)

[Technologov]

--image ???

No such parameter exists.

[Perryg]

I am running 4.0.51 as I said read your Chapter 8.2 to see what your syntax is. I tested the command before I posted it so I know it works.
Or run VBoxManage guestcontrol in your terminal without arguments to see what the syntax is.

[Perryg]

Here is from 4.0.4

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VBoxManage guestcontrol execute Ubuntu-10.04 /bin/uname --username foo --password bar --arguments -a --wait-for stdout

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Linux perry-ubuntu 2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 20:26:08 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux