Run Script when VM Resumes from Suspend State?

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eheaton
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Joined: 29. Apr 2011, 07:16
Primary OS: Mac OS X other
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: WinXP, Win7, Ubuntu

Run Script when VM Resumes from Suspend State?

Post by eheaton »

I'm relatively knew to VirtualBox- I like what I see so far. I was wondering, is there a way to notify my guest OS (winXP) of when its being resumed from a VirtualBox suspended state? I'm looking to have a script run on launch of the VM. I know I could do a startup/login script- thought I'm using my VM for an automated task and would like to speed up the startup/boot as fast as possible.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.
eheaton
Posts: 2
Joined: 29. Apr 2011, 07:16
Primary OS: Mac OS X other
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: WinXP, Win7, Ubuntu

Re: Run Script when VM Resumes from Suspend State?

Post by eheaton »

I'll actually answer my own question. I ended up writing a windows script that launched the VM from VBoxManage, waited for it to launch, then ran the "VBoxManage guestcontrol exec" command to run a script on the guest host. Worked like a charm.
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