Changeset 76162 in vbox

Timestamp:

Dec 11, 2018 2:02:08 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

manual/user_GuestAdditions.xml: Documented restore-from-saved-state and resumed restored.

File:

• trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_GuestAdditions.xml (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_GuestAdditions.xml

@@ -2032 +2032 @@
     </para>
 
+    <sect2 id="guestadd-guestprops-waits">
+
+      <title>Using Guest Properties to Wait on VM Events</title>
+
+      <para>
+        The properties <computeroutput>/VirtualBox/HostInfo/VBoxVer</computeroutput>,
+        <computeroutput>/VirtualBox/HostInfo/VBoxVerExt</computeroutput> or
+        <computeroutput>/VirtualBox/HostInfo/VBoxRev</computeroutput> can be waited
+        on to detect that the VM state was restored from saved state or snapshot:
+      </para>
+
+<screen>$ VBoxControl guestproperty wait /VirtualBox/HostInfo/VBoxVer</screen>
+
+      <para>
+        Similarly the <computeroutput>/VirtualBox/HostInfo/ResumeCounter</computeroutput>
+        can be used to detect that a VM was resumed from the paused state or saved state.
+      </para>
+
+    </sect2>
+
   </sect1>