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

[Andreas Löffler]

On 25.04.20 15:31, Klaus Jantzen wrote:
> 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?
> 

No, those aren't -- by Solaris' convention the file system names need to
end with "fs", therefore "vboxfs" for Solaris guests.

OTOH for Linux "vboxsf" is being used.

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> K.D.J.
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