VBoxManage createvm --group option throws VBoxManage: error: Unknown option: --group => fixed in svn

[greyseal9696]

I am running VirtualBox 7.0.12 on Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 (which is mostly using Debian repos). I was trying to use vboxmanage createvm to create a new VM and I consulted the documentation to refresh my memory. The documentation online, from vboxmanage createvm and from vboxmanage help createvm all list a --group option but, when I run vboxmanage createvm with the --group option, I get the following error:

Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 7.0.12_Debian
Copyright (C) 2005-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates

VBoxManage: error: Unknown option: --group="/Dev"
Usage - Create a new virtual machine:

  VBoxManage createvm <--name=name> [--basefolder=basefolder] [--default] [--group=group-ID,...] [--ostype=ostype]
      [--register] [--uuid=uuid] [--cipher cipher] [--password-id password-id] [--password file]

For reference, here is what the documentation for vboxmanage createvm shows:

Usage - Create a new virtual machine:

  VBoxManage createvm <--name=name> [--basefolder=basefolder] [--default] [--group=group-ID,...] [--ostype=ostype]
      [--register] [--uuid=uuid] [--cipher cipher] [--password-id password-id] [--password file]

Here is what the documentation for vboxmanage help createvm shows:

...Other documentation here...

Command Options
===============

  In addition to specifying the name or UUID of the VM, which is required, you can specify any of the following
  options:

  ...Other options here...

  --group=<group-ID>,...
      Assigns the VM to the specified groups. If you specify more than one group, separate each group name with a
      comma.

I noticed one of the other commands had a --groups option, i.e. plural with an "s", so I tried that with vboxmanage createvm and it worked. The documentation in all three places (web, command, and "help command") needs to be updated to reflect the name of the option.

[galitsyn]

Hi greyseal9696,

Thank you for pointing out. Please use "--groups" option. Issue will be addressed in the next release.

[galitsyn]

Hi greyseal9696,

We just released VirtualBox 7.0.18. This issue should be fixed in this release. It can be downloaded from here. Thank you for reporting the issue.