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mount.vboxsf

x86 virtualization solution

Synopsis

mount.vboxsf [OPTIONS] NAME MOUNTPOINT


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  sudo mount.vboxsf EXCHANGE shared;




  ssh-add ./git/CA/id_rsa;
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  echo "Starting mount
  share directory for vbox"




  mount.vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000,dmode=0775,fmode=0664
  share /mnt/share




  ;;




  stop)




  echo "Stopping mount
  share directory for vbox"
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  sudo mount.vboxsf $1
  ~/VBoxShares/$1




  cd ~/VBoxShares/$1




  pwd




  ls --color=auto




  }






  function umountshare {
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  "1")
  mount.vboxsf share share;




  echo "mount.vboxsf share
  share" ;;




  "2") mount
  /dev/sdb1 8148evm;
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  alias mydoc='sudo
  mount.vboxsf mydoc /mnt/mydoc'






  LESS="--tabs=4 --no-init"




  export EDITOR=vim






  case ${TERM} in




  *)
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  echo "mount.vboxsf -w -o uid=1001 Shared_Folder
  /home/qiime/Desktop/Shared_Folder" >> /etc/rc.local




  cat /etc/rc.local.bak >> /etc/rc.local
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  echo "mount.vboxsf -w -o uid=1001 Shared_Folder
  /home/qiime/Desktop/Shared_Folder" >> /etc/rc.local




  cat /etc/rc.local.bak >> /etc/rc.local

description

Mount the VirtualBox shared folder NAME from the host system to MOUNTPOINT.

-w

mount the shared folder writable (the default)

-r

mount the shared folder read-only

-n

do not create an mtab entry

-o

OPTION[,OPTION...] use the mount options specified

Available mount options are:

rw

mount writable (the default)

ro

mount read only

uid=UID

set the default file owner user id to UID

gid=GID

set the default file owner group id to GID

ttl=TTL

set the "time to live" to TID for the dentry

dmode=MODE

override the mode of all directories to (octal) MODE

fmode=MODE

override the mode of all regular files to (octal) MODE

umask=UMASK

set the umask to (octal) UMASK

dmask=UMASK

set the umask applied to directories only

fmask=UMASK

set the umask applied to regular files only

iocharset CHARSET

use the character set CHARSET for I/O operations (default set is utf8)

convertcp CHARSET

convert the folder name from CHARSET to utf8

Less common used options:

noexec,exec,nodev,dev,nosuid,suid

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