id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 10134 VBoxManage controlvm ... savestate returns a wrong error code when failing bekks "When using ""VBoxManage controlvm savestate"" and the command fails, the returned exit code is zero instead of non-zero, as you can see here: {{{ myuser@mybox:~$ VBoxManage controlvm myvmname savestate && echo ""Cool."" || echo ""Not so cool."" VBoxManage: error: Machine in invalid state 2 -- saved Cool. }}} Doing the same with the pause argument instead of savestate returns the correct error code but a different message with the same logical content, as can be seen here: {{{ myuser@mybox:~$ VBoxManage controlvm myvmname pause && echo ""Cool."" || echo ""Not so cool."" VBoxManage: error: Invalid machine state: Saved VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE (0x80bb0002), component Console, interface IConsole, callee nsISupports Context: ""Pause()"" at line 116 of file VBoxManageControlVM.cpp Not so cool. }}} " defect new VM control VirtualBox 4.1.8 other Linux