Karoline,
On 27.10.2014 10:33, Karoline Haus wrote:
Hi I would like to add a permanent shared folder to a VM. Now I would
like to be able to do that also while the VM is in running state and
while it is in saved state. That is possible using the normal VBOX
GUI, but using the API, I get an error trying to add a shared folder
to a saved VM and I don't know how I can add a permanent shared folder
to a running VM. The API says it only works while the VM is off using
the IMachine class? Is it not possible to add a permanent shared
folder using the IConsole class while the VM is running or in saved
state?
Confused... If the GUI can do what the API doesn't offer then how would
the GUI do that when it's only using the API? It's also adding temporary
shared folders in this case. When there's a running VM it's absolutely
impossible to add a permanent shared folder. If the GUI manages to
somehow add a permanent shared folder I'd consider it an API bug, but
this bug should be "exploitable" by all API clients if they use the same
sequence of calls.
I think even for VMs which are in saved state it's not allowed to add
permanent shared folders - though this is something which probably could
be changed without causing extreme effort (the corresponding change for
removing shared folders while in saved state is much harder, because
currently the API has no knowledge which shared folders are actually in
use, and removing those would definitely break saved state).
Klaus
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Karoline
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