Opened 5 years ago
Closed 4 years ago
#19371 closed defect (fixed)
Wrong usage statment of "VBoxManage clonevm" => fixed in SVN/next 6.1.x
Reported by: | Jin Yang | Owned by: | |
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Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 6.1.4 |
Keywords: | clonevm | Cc: | |
Guest type: | other | Host type: | Linux |
Description
"--group" should be "--groups" in the usage of "VBoxManage clonevm".
root@sea:~# VBoxManage clonevm test --group "/UBUNTU 18.04 LTS" --name testb --register Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 6.1.4 (C) 2005-2020 Oracle Corporation All rights reserved.
VBoxManage: error: Unknown option: --group Usage - Create a clone of an existing Oracle VM VirtualBox virtual machine:
VBoxManage clonevm <vmname|uuid> [--basefolder=basefolder] [--group=group,...] [--mode=machine | --mode=machinechildren | --mode=all] [--name=name] [--options=option,...] [--register] [--snapshot=snapshot-name] [--uuid=uuid]
root@sea:~# VBoxManage clonevm test --groups "/UBUNTU 18.04 LTS" --name testb --register 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Machine has been successfully cloned as "testb" root@sea:~# VBoxManage clonevm test --group="/UBUNTU 18.04 LTS" --name testc --register Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 6.1.4 (C) 2005-2020 Oracle Corporation All rights reserved.
VBoxManage: error: Unknown option: --group=/UBUNTU 18.04 LTS Usage - Create a clone of an existing Oracle VM VirtualBox virtual machine:
VBoxManage clonevm <vmname|uuid> [--basefolder=basefolder] [--group=group,...] [--mode=machine | --mode=machinechildren | --mode=all] [--name=name] [--options=option,...] [--register] [--snapshot=snapshot-name] [--uuid=uuid]
root@sea:~# VBoxManage clonevm test --groups="/UBUNTU 18.04 LTS" --name testc --register 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Machine has been successfully cloned as "testc" root@sea:~# root@sea:~# uname -a
Linux sea 4.15.0-88-generic #88-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 11 20:11:34 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
The statement has the same issue in "User Manual" as follows:
8.40 VBoxManage clonevm Create a clone of an existing Oracle VM VirtualBox virtual machine Synopsis VBoxManage clonevm <vmname|uuid> [--basefolder=basefolder] [--group=group,...] [--mode=machine | --mode=machinechildren | --mode=all] [--name=name] [--options=option,...] [--register] [--snapshot=snapshot-name] [--uuid=uuid]
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 5 years ago
Summary: | Wrong usage statment of "VBoxManage clonevm" → Wrong usage statment of "VBoxManage clonevm" => fixed in SVN/next 6.1.x |
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comment:2 by , 4 years ago
Resolution: | → fixed |
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Status: | new → closed |
Thanks, for the report. Will be fixed in the next maintenance release.