Changeset 46524 in vbox for trunk/doc

Timestamp:

Jun 13, 2013 12:10:23 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

Main/IGuest::UpdateGuestAdditions: Implemented support for passing optional command line arguments to the performing installer on the guest (untested).

Location:

trunk/doc/manual

Files:

• en_US/SDKRef.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• en_US/user_VBoxManage.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• user_ChangeLogImpl.xml (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/SDKRef.xml

@@ -3644 +3644 @@
             the host.</para>
         </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>The parameter list for <xref
+          linkend="IGuest__updateGuestAdditions"
+          xreflabel="IMedium::updateGuestAdditions()" /> was modified.</para>
+          It now supports specifying optional command line arguments for the
+          Guest Additions installer performing the actual update on the guest.
+        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </sect1>

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_VBoxManage.xml

@@ -3216 +3216 @@
           <screen>VBoxManage guestcontrol &lt;vmname&gt;|&lt;uuid&gt; updateadditions
             [--source "&lt;guest additions .ISO file to use&gt;"] [--verbose]
-            [--wait-start]</screen>
+            [--wait-start] [-- [&lt;argument1&gt;] ... [&lt;argumentN&gt;]]</screen>
 
           <para>where the parameters mean: <glosslist>
@@ -3254 +3254 @@
                   <para>When omitting this flag VBoxManage will wait for the
                     whole Guest Additions update to complete.</para>
+                </glossdef>
+              </glossentry>
+
+              <glossentry>
+                <glossterm>[-- [&lt;argument1s&gt;] ... [&lt;argumentNs&gt;]]</glossterm>
+
+                <glossdef>
+                  <para>Optional command line arguments to use for the Guest Additions
+                  installer. Useful for retrofitting features which weren't installed
+                  before on the guest.</para>
+                  <para>Arguments containing spaces must be enclosed in
+                  quotation marks.</para>
                 </glossdef>
               </glossentry>

trunk/doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml

@@ -38 +38 @@
           media, and support the <computeroutput>--long</computeroutput>
           option to show really all available details</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para>VBoxManage: added support for optional command line parameters for
+          the automatic Guest Additions update.</para>
       </listitem>