id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
6367	VBoxManage clonehd requires fill path names for source and destination files	scottderrick		"Here is an example using relative paths.  The two .vdi files are in the current directory

scott@scotts-laptop:~/.VirtualBox/VDI$ /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxManage clonehd --existing Vista.vdi Vista2.vdi
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.0.12
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

ERROR: Cannot register the hard disk '/home/scott/.VirtualBox/VDI/Vista.vdi' with UUID {00eca137-b49e-4bfe-1388-ae5a2a4b7974} because a hard disk '/home/scott/.VirtualBox/VDI/Vista.vdi' with UUID {00eca137-b49e-4bfe-1388-ae5a2a4b7974} already exists in the media registry ('/home/scott/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml')
Details: code NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057), component VirtualBox, interface IVirtualBox, callee nsISupports
Context: ""OpenHardDisk(Bstr(szFilenameAbs), AccessMode_ReadWrite, false, Bstr(""""), false, Bstr(""""), srcDisk.asOutParam())"" at line 624 of file VBoxManageDisk.cpp

Here is the output using full pathnames

scott@scotts-laptop:~/.VirtualBox/VDI$ /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxManage clonehd --existing /home/scott/.VirtualBox/VDI/Vista.vdi /home/scott/.VirtualBox/VDI/Vista2.vdi
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.0.12
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...

it was still running when I took this snap shot.

"	defect	closed	other	VirtualBox 3.0.12	duplicate	VBoxManage clonehd		Windows	Linux