Tldr: virtualbox cli

[danielmichaels]

Tldr command virtualboxvm not functioning as expected

The Virtualbox CLI doesn't function as shown in tldr pages. Before raising a PR I wanted to clarify if it is a issue on my end, or a global problem.

In the tldr, the executable for the Virtualbox's CLI is virtualboxvm. On my system 5.1.4-arch1-1-ARCH using virtualbox version 6.0.8 r130347 it is VBoxManage or vboxmanage.

Additionally, the commands in the tldr only pertain to starting a VM. I would like to see VBoxManage controlvm '<vm_name>' poweroff and other commands included.

Virtualbox's own documentation also uses the VBoxManage command.

Thanks,

[mebeim]

Thanks for the issue. It does indeed look like the command is misnamed. From what I can see from the Virtualbox documentation and the Oracle documentation, at least.

Pinging @pxgamer since he created the page, maybe he knows something more. Let's wait for his response.

As for the second part: I agree, currently the page does not really offer much useful information apart from how to start a VM. If you're familiar with the tool a PR would be very welcome (after the naming of the tool is clear).

[owenvoke]

virtualboxvm is available on Windows. So maybe it is a Windows-only command. :thinking:

I think vboxmanage can be added to common, and the existing page can be moved to Windows. It was probably a mistake on my behalf thinking it worked on Linux as well.

Edit: Yes, it is a Windows-only thing. And the commands I added are the only ones available for it.

[mebeim]

@pxgamer oh, so virtualboxvm only has that "start vm" option? Funny. I created #3069. Let me know if you happen to have any link to documentation about that tool that is more specific than Virtualbox's homepage, I couldn't find any.

[mebeim]

So, @danielmichaels looks like we don't have a VBoxManage page at all! Like I said, a PR to add it is more than welcome if you're familiar with the tool and would like to contribute. I see VBoxManage is a pretty complex tool. This issue will be automatically closed when #3069 is merged.