[vbox-dev] VB xml format

[Bernard Giannetti]

Hi,

I'm the author of the Ubuntu VirtualBox indicator and have some additional questions/clarifications please...

My indicator parses the VirtualBox configuration file at ~/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml to determine the virtual machines and groups.  Using only the XMLtags ExtraDataItem where name="GUI/GroupDefinitions/*", I have assumed that:

'go=...' is a group
'm=...': is a machine UUID

I noticed between version 1.5 and 1.6 there was the addition of the value "n=GLOBAL" which I skip; I assume this is safe to do so?

As Stéphane reported below, I have not seen the name="gc=..." before and cannot reproduce this under version 1.5 or 1.6.  Can 'gc' be treated the same as 'go' (that is, a group)?


Thanks,

Bernard.

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From: Stéphane Charette <stephanecharette at gmail.com>
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Subject: VB xml format

Devs,

Is there documentation available for the VirtualBox XML file format?  Specifically, what you'd expect to find in Ubuntu at this location:  ~/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml

Bernard Giannetti (the author of the VirtualBox indicator on Ubuntu) and I are trying to understand some fields and could use some assistance.  Specifically, right now we're trying to understand the meaning of "gc=..." in <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/GroupDefinitions/".

Thanks,

Stéphane

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