Changeset 60725 in vbox

Timestamp:

Apr 27, 2016 5:07:07 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

manual: fix clonemedium documentation (clonehd is legacy)

File:

• trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_VBoxManage.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_VBoxManage.xml

@@ -2721 +2721 @@
 
   <sect1 id="vboxmanage-clonevdi">
-    <title>VBoxManage clonehd</title>
-
-    <para>This command duplicates a registered virtual hard disk image to a
-    new image file with a new unique identifier (UUID). The new image can be
-    transferred to another host system or imported into VirtualBox again using
-    the Virtual Media Manager; see <xref linkend="vdis" /> and <xref
-    linkend="cloningvdis" />. The syntax is as follows:</para>
-
-    <screen>VBoxManage clonehd         &lt;uuid|inutfile&gt; &lt;uuid|outputfile&gt;
-                           [--format VDI|VMDK|VHD|RAW|&lt;other&gt;]
-                           [--variant Standard,Fixed,Split2G,Stream,ESX]
-                           [--existing]</screen>
-
-    <para>The disk image to clone as well as the target image must be described
+    <title>VBoxManage clonemedium</title>
+
+    <para>This command duplicates a virtual disk/DVD/floppy medium to a
+    new medium (usually an image file) with a new unique identifier (UUID).
+    The new image can be transferred to another host system or imported into
+    VirtualBox again using the Virtual Media Manager; see <xref linkend="vdis" />
+    and <xref linkend="cloningvdis" />. The syntax is as follows:</para>
+
+    <screen>VBoxManage clonemedium      [disk|dvd|floppy] &lt;uuid|inputfile&gt; &lt;uuid|outputfile&gt;
+
+                            [--format VDI|VMDK|VHD|RAW|&lt;other&gt;]
+                            [--variant Standard,Fixed,Split2G,Stream,ESX]
+                            [--existing]</screen>
+
+
+    <para>The medium to clone as well as the target image must be described
        either by its UUIDs (if the mediums are registered) or by its filename.
        Registered images can be listed by <computeroutput>VBoxManage list hdds</computeroutput>
@@ -2775 +2777 @@
       </glosslist> <note>
         <para>For compatibility with earlier versions of VirtualBox, the
-        "clonevdi" command is also supported and mapped internally to the
-        "clonehd" command.</para>
+        "clonevdi" and "clonehd" commands are still supported and mapped
+        internally to the "clonehd disk" command.</para>
       </note></para>
   </sect1>