Changeset 99120 in vbox for trunk/doc/manual

Timestamp:

Mar 22, 2023 5:30:14 PM (22 months ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

Guest Control: Added ability of specifying an optional current working directory to started guest processes. This needs Guest Additions which support this. bugref:8053

File:

• trunk/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-guestcontrol.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-guestcontrol.xml

@@ -78 +78 @@
       <arg>--unquoted-args</arg>
       <arg>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--cwd=<replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
       <arg>--verbose</arg>
       <arg choice="req">-- <replaceable>program/arg0</replaceable> <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>argument</replaceable></arg></arg>
@@ -102 +103 @@
       <arg>--unquoted-args</arg>
       <arg>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></arg>
+      <arg>--cwd=<replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
       <arg>--verbose</arg>
       <arg choice="req">-- <replaceable>program/arg0</replaceable> <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>argument</replaceable></arg></arg>
@@ -502 +504 @@
               run on the guest VM. For example:
               <filename>C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe</filename>.
+            </para></listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><option>--cwd=<replaceable>path-to-directory</replaceable></option></term>
+          <listitem><para>
+              Specifies the absolute path of a directory in which
+              to start the program. Optional. The directory must
+              exist and be accessible to the guest user. For example:
+              <filename>C:\Users\production\work_area</filename>.
+            </para><para>
+              The short form of this option is <option>-C</option>.
             </para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>