I want to copy files from Windows host to Linux guest, I've try with "VBoxManage guestcontrol copyto" then I've gotten the error when I run this command.
VirtualBox version? Are guest additions installed? And if so what version of the GAs? Does a file (not a folder) called "D:\Temp\Conf" actually exist on your host?
neoruwata wrote:I'd try to copy a file to my guest. It can copy but I got that error, it like the Windows host can not set permissions on the linux guest.
That doesn't seem right to me - the error message says that the error occurred while processing the input data, which to me means a host problem. Most Windows host files have extensions, so my guess for the most likely host problem is that you have provided a folder name instead of a (potentially wildcarded) file name. Or, you have not supplied the proper extension for the file - perhaps because you have Windows set to hide the extension from you ("Hide extension for known file types" in folder options should IMHO be disabled to avoid confusion and also avoid the security threat that comes from not really knowing the file type).
I can't really add to the general directional hints I've given above. I'm not there to check the contents of those folders to see that the file you want actually exists. It's up to you to do that. "configure.properties" would be an unsually verbose file extension on Windows - and who stores stuff in a folder called "D:\tmp" anyway? ... but like I said, I'm not there to investigate those questions.
Copying from host to guest ...
Creating directory "/home/admin/output" ...
Source: D:\tmp\conf
VBoxManage.exe: error: Warning: Source "D:\tmp\conf" does not exist, skipping!
This is because it seems to consider anything that doesn't end with a slash/backslash as a file and not a folder and the FILE d:\tmp\conf doesn't exist.
I'm having the same problems on virtualbox 4.2.16.r86992 under windows 8.
It's really annoying, only copying a file works. If you try to use wildcards or --recursive you get weird errors.
