[vbox-dev] Typos (?) in online user manual

Andreas Löffler andreas.loeffler at oracle.com
Fri Apr 24 17:02:35 GMT 2020


Hi Klaus,


On 24.04.20 16:12, Klaus Jantzen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to draw your attention to a section in the online user
> manual which seems to contain
> 
> several typos. I marked the differences in spelling by (<<<<).
> 


What makes you think that those are typos? Something isn't working for
you in that regard? The keywords "vboxsrv", "vboxsvr" and "vboxsf" are
intentional.

Andreas


> =======
> 
> 
>      4.3.1. Manual Mounting
> 
> You can mount the shared folder from inside a VM, in the same way as you
> would mount an ordinary network share:
> 
>  *
> 
>    In a Windows guest, shared folders are browseable and therefore
>    visible in Windows Explorer. To attach the host's shared folder to
>    your Windows guest, open Windows Explorer and look for the folder in
>    *My Networking Place*s, *Entire Network*, *Oracle VM VirtualBox
>    Shared Folders*. By right-clicking on a shared folder and selecting
>    *Map Network Drive* from the menu that pops up, you can assign a
>    drive letter to that shared folder.
> 
>    Alternatively, on the Windows command line, use the following command:
> 
>    net use x: \\vboxsvr\sharename
> 
>    While |vboxsvr| (<<<<) is a fixed name, note that |vboxsrv| (<<<<)
>    would also work, replace /|x:|/ with the drive letter that you want
>    to use for the share, and /|sharename|/ with the share name
>    specified with *VBoxManage*.
> 
>  *
> 
>    In a Linux guest, use the following command:
> 
>    mount -t vboxsf (<<<<) [-o OPTIONS] sharename mountpoint
> 
>    To mount a shared folder during boot, add the following entry to
>    |/etc/fstab|:
> 
>    sharename   mountpoint   vboxsf (<<<<)  defaults  0   0
> 
>  *
> 
>    In a Oracle Solaris guest, use the following command:
> 
>    mount -F vboxfs (<<<<) [-o OPTIONS] sharename mountpoint
> 
> ==========
> 
> 
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