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n To share a folder on a Mac host with a particular Linux guest.

Note Before sharing folders, you must enable them with the enabledSharedFolders option, or by

selecting Enable Shared Folders in the Sharing Settings panel of the virtual machine. On Linux

guests, the /mnt/hgfs directory is available for sharing, but you can use a different directory for

shared folders.

vmrun addSharedFolder Ubuntu16.vmwarevm/Ubuntu16.vmx sharedFolderName ~/Share

n To make a shared folder read‐only or to delete the shared folder.

Note Shared folders are writable by default.

vmrun setSharedFolderState Ubuntu16.vmwarevm/Ubuntu16.vmx sharedFolderName ~/Share

readonly

vmrun removeSharedFolder Ubuntu16.vmwarevm/Ubuntu16.vmx sharedFolderName

Note On Windows Vista and Windows 7 or later guests, only the Administrator account can use

copyFileFromHostToGuest and deleteFileInGuest options to write and delete files in the C:\ and

system folders, or use the createDirectoryInGuest and deleteDirectoryInGuest options to modify

system directories. Regular users, even those with administrator privilege, cannot perform these

operations.

Guest Variables and Environment

n From the host, set a guest variable on the virtual machines.

vmrun writeVariable Win10.vmwarevm/Win10.vmx guestVar vmstartdate 21April2017

n On the guest operating systems, read the guest variable that you just set.

> rpctool.exe "info-get guestinfo.vmstartdate"

$ vmware-rpctool "info-get guestinfo.vmstartdate"

n From the host, set a guest environment variable on a Linux virtual machine and verify by writing the

environment variables into a temporary file.

vmrun writeVariable Ubuntu16.vmwarevm/Ubuntu16.vmx guestEnv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib

Guest user: root

Guest password:

vmrun runScriptInGuest Ubuntu16.vmwarevm/Ubuntu16.vmx /bin/bash "/usr/bin/env > /tmp/env.out"

Guest user: root

Guest password:

Note No output is sent to the host when you use the runScriptInGuest option with the vmrun

command. Find the output of the command in the /tmp/env.out file on the guest.

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