Index: /trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_VBoxManage.xml
===================================================================
--- /trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_VBoxManage.xml	(revision 71814)
+++ /trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_VBoxManage.xml	(revision 71815)
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
       built into VBoxManage as well as manpages (hacking in progress).
 
-    Copyright (C) 2006-2017 Oracle Corporation
+    Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Oracle Corporation
 
     This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
@@ -4700,5 +4700,5 @@
 
           <screen>VBoxManage guestcontrol &lt;uuid|vmname&gt; copyfrom [common-options]
-           [--dryrun] [--follow] [--R|recursive]
+           [--follow] [--R|recursive]
             --target-directory &lt;host-dst-dir&gt;
             &lt;guest-src0&gt; [&lt;guest-src1&gt; [...]] </screen>
@@ -4709,12 +4709,4 @@
                 <glossdef>
                   <para>Specifies the VM UUID or VM name. Mandatory.</para>
-                </glossdef>
-              </glossentry>
-
-              <glossentry>
-                <glossterm><computeroutput>--dryrun</computeroutput></glossterm>
-                <glossdef>
-                  <para>Instructs VBoxManage to perform a dry run instead of an actual file copying
-                  operation. Optional. </para>
                 </glossdef>
               </glossentry>
@@ -4762,5 +4754,5 @@
 
           <screen>VBoxManage guestcontrol &lt;uuid|vmname&gt; copyto [common-options]
-           [--dryrun] [--follow] [--R|recursive]
+           [--follow] [--R|recursive]
             --target-directory &lt;guest-dst&gt;
             &lt;host-src0&gt; [&lt;host-src1&gt; [...]] </screen>
@@ -4771,12 +4763,4 @@
                 <glossdef>
                   <para>Specifies the VM UUID or VM name. Mandatory.</para>
-                </glossdef>
-              </glossentry>
-
-              <glossentry>
-                <glossterm><computeroutput>--dryrun</computeroutput></glossterm>
-                <glossdef>
-                  <para>Instructs VBoxManage to perform a dry run instead of an actual file copying
-                  operation. Optional. </para>
                 </glossdef>
               </glossentry>
Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxManage/VBoxManageGuestCtrl.cpp
===================================================================
--- /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxManage/VBoxManageGuestCtrl.cpp	(revision 71814)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxManage/VBoxManageGuestCtrl.cpp	(revision 71815)
@@ -186,19 +186,4 @@
 
 } GCTLCMDCTX, *PGCTLCMDCTX;
-
-
-typedef struct COPYCONTEXT
-{
-    COPYCONTEXT()
-        : fDryRun(false),
-          fHostToGuest(false)
-    {
-    }
-
-    PGCTLCMDCTX pCmdCtx;
-    bool fDryRun;
-    bool fHostToGuest;
-
-} COPYCONTEXT, *PCOPYCONTEXT;
 
 /**
@@ -340,9 +325,9 @@
         RTStrmPrintf(pStrm,
                      "                              copyfrom [common-options]\n"
-                     "                              [--dryrun] [--follow] [-R|--recursive]\n"
+                     "                              [--follow] [-R|--recursive]\n"
                      "                              <guest-src0> [guest-src1 [...]] <host-dst>\n"
                      "\n"
                      "                              copyfrom [common-options]\n"
-                     "                              [--dryrun] [--follow] [-R|--recursive]\n"
+                     "                              [--follow] [-R|--recursive]\n"
                      "                              [--target-directory <host-dst-dir>]\n"
                      "                              <guest-src0> [guest-src1 [...]]\n"
@@ -351,9 +336,9 @@
         RTStrmPrintf(pStrm,
                      "                              copyto [common-options]\n"
-                     "                              [--dryrun] [--follow] [-R|--recursive]\n"
+                     "                              [--follow] [-R|--recursive]\n"
                      "                              <host-src0> [host-src1 [...]] <guest-dst>\n"
                      "\n"
                      "                              copyto [common-options]\n"
-                     "                              [--dryrun] [--follow] [-R|--recursive]\n"
+                     "                              [--follow] [-R|--recursive]\n"
                      "                              [--target-directory <guest-dst>]\n"
                      "                              <host-src0> [host-src1 [...]]\n"
@@ -1749,6 +1734,5 @@
     enum GETOPTDEF_COPY
     {
-        GETOPTDEF_COPY_DRYRUN = 1000,
-        GETOPTDEF_COPY_FOLLOW,
+        GETOPTDEF_COPY_FOLLOW = 1000,
         GETOPTDEF_COPY_TARGETDIR
     };
@@ -1756,5 +1740,4 @@
     {
         GCTLCMD_COMMON_OPTION_DEFS()
-        { "--dryrun",              GETOPTDEF_COPY_DRYRUN,           RTGETOPT_REQ_NOTHING },
         { "--follow",              GETOPTDEF_COPY_FOLLOW,           RTGETOPT_REQ_NOTHING },
         { "--recursive",           'R',                             RTGETOPT_REQ_NOTHING },
@@ -1768,5 +1751,4 @@
 
     const char *pszDst = NULL;
-    bool fDryRun = false;
     bool fFollow = false;
     bool fRecursive = false;
@@ -1782,8 +1764,4 @@
         {
             GCTLCMD_COMMON_OPTION_CASES(pCtx, ch, &ValueUnion);
-
-            case GETOPTDEF_COPY_DRYRUN:
-                fDryRun = true;
-                break;
 
             case GETOPTDEF_COPY_FOLLOW:
@@ -1843,6 +1821,4 @@
         else
             RTPrintf("Copying from guest to host ...\n");
-        if (fDryRun)
-            RTPrintf("Dry run - no files copied!\n");
     }