User`s manual

VMware, Inc. 187
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Thischapterdiscusseshowtotransferfilesbetweenthehostandguest. Thischapter
includesthefollowingtopics:
 “UsingtheDrag‐and‐DropFeature”onpage 187
 “UsingtheCopyandPasteFeature”onpage 189
 “UsingSharedFolders”onpage 190
 “UsingaMappedDrive”onpage 198
Using the Drag-and-Drop Feature
Usingthedrag‐and‐dropfeature,youcanmovefilesanddirectories,email
attachments,plaintext,andformattedtextbetweenLinuxandWindowshostsand
Linux,Windows,andSolaris10guests.YoucanalsomoveimagesbetweenWindows
hostsandguests.Tousethedrag‐and‐dropfeature,VMwareToolsmustbeinstalledon
thevi
rtualmachine.ThisfeaturerequiresLinuxhostsandgueststorunXWindows
andSolaris10gueststorunanXorgXserverandJDS/Gnome.
Youcandragfilesordirectoriesbetweenthefollowinglocations:
 Afilemanager,suchasWindowsExplorer,onthehosttoafilemanagerinthe
virtualmachineandthereverse.
 Afilemanagertoanapplicationthatsupportsdrag‐and‐drop.
 Applicationssuchaszipfilemanagersthatsupportdrag‐and‐dropextractionof
individualfiles.
 Onevirtualmachinetoanother.
Transferring Files and Text
Between the Host and
Guest
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