#16831 closed defect (fixed)
Multiple documentation errors in "run" and "start" subcommands of "VBoxManage guestcontrol"
Reported by: | robpats | Owned by: | |
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Component: | documentation | Version: | VirtualBox 5.1.22 |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-guestcontrol
- "--exe <path to executable>" is not mandatory.
- Examples of "run" and "start" subcommands are wrong.
They are examples of "exec" subcommand in VirtualBox 4.3.
- "start Executes a guest program until it completes." is wrong.
According to my observation, "start" subcommand executes a guest program and returns before it completes.
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 7 years ago
comment:2 by , 4 years ago
Let me comment on the original report:
- --exe is not strictly mandatory, you can also specify the same after "--". The documentation is a bit confusing here, because it's hard to express such cross-option dependencies.
- Yes, the --wait-exit doesn't exist any more and should've been removed everywhere (it was removed from the documented option list of "run" many years ago). Will happen with 6.1.24.
- Seems you're right, and needs fixing beyond the documentation part.
comment:3 by , 2 years ago
Resolution: | → fixed |
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Status: | new → closed |
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Duplicate of #14890.
And yes, the manual still needs to be fixed... Adding it to my "Patches that won't kill you" list.