Clone Function Errors Out when using "/" Character

[Master VB Guru]

I am trying to create a cloned VM using the following name in the Clone Disk wizard:

Windows 7 / Visual Studio 15 Preview

This worked in prior builds of VirtualBox. It doesn't seem to like the "/" in the cloned disk's name, and it errors out and won't create it.

When I change the cloned name in the wizard to "Windows 7 - Visual Studio 15 Preview" (i.e. replacing the "/" with a "-"), then it works.

Again, I had no problem using this in my clone name in prior builds. I am using the latest build (i.e. 5.0.20.106931)

Please advise.

[mbobak]

I ran into what I assume is a related issue. I'm running the same build, 5.0.20 r106931, Windows Host, Linux Guest, in my case.

I had a VM that had a '/' in the name, and everything seemed to be working fine, until I tried to do Export Appliance. When I clicked the Export button, I got the following error: Failed to check files.

Result Code: VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80BB0004)

I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to bug reporting. Does it make sense to have this info here, or open a new bug?

Thanks,

-Mark

[poleguy]

I got the same error on a windows host when I tried to export to e:\data\virtualbox\image.ova. It occurred when e:\data existed, but I had forgot to create e:\data\virtualbox

Creating the missing directory resolved the issue.