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

[Andreas Löffler]

On 24.04.20 18:09, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> On Fri, 2020-04-24 at 19:02 +0200, Andreas Löffler wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> vboxsvr exist ? is not a typo ? is yes stand for what ? 

Yes indeed exists; it's a synonym for vboxsrv, which in turn identifies
our Shared Folders network provider. vboxsf on the other hand is a group
on Linux/Unix guests and also marks the Shared Folders file system type.



> 
> Thanks 
> 
> 
>> 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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