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

[Klaus Jantzen]

On 4/24/20 9:11 PM, Andreas Löffler wrote:
> 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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OK, I accept  that there exists 'vboxsrv' and 'vboxsvr'.

But a couple lines below we have twice 'vboxsf' and once 'vboxfs'; are 
they also synonyms?

-- 

K.D.J.

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