vboxctrl(1) - Linux man page

Name

vboxctrl - control vbox functions

Synopsis

vboxctrl [{-c | -r}] {-a | -n | -p | -j} [-s spool]

vboxctrl -v

Description

vboxctrl controls a number of vbox functions. The user's password is asked before performing the requested action.

Options

-c, --create
Creates a control file.
-r, --remove
Removes a control file (default).
-n, --answernow
Control file "vboxctrl-answernow".
-a, --answerall
Control file "vboxctrl-answerall".
-p, --stop
Control file "vboxctrl-stop".
-j, --reject
Control file "vboxctrl-reject".
-s, --spooldir
Spooldirectory in which to create/remove control files.
-v, --version
Displays package version.
-h, --help
Displays a usage message.

The spool directory is taken from one of the following:

  1. the default builtin value
  2. The value of the environment variable VBOXSPOOL, if set.
  3. The directory of the command line option "--spooldir".

See Also

vbox(1), vboxd(8)

Author

This manual page was written by Paul Slootman <paul@debian.org>, for Debian GNU/Linux and isdn4linux.