Name

VMAddSharedFolder

Description

$err = VMAddSharedFolder($vmHandle,
                         $shareName,
                         $hostPathName,
                         $flags);

This function mounts a new shared folder in the virtual machine.

Parameters

vmHandle
Identifies a virtual machine. Call VMOpen() to create a virtual machine handle.
shareName
Specifies the guest path name of the new shared folder.
hostPathName
Specifies the host path of the shared folder.
flags
The folder options.

Return Value

$err. The error code returned by the operation. For returned values, see Topics > Error Codes.

Remarks

Side Effects

None.

Requirements

use VMware::Vix::Simple;
use VMware::Vix::API::Constants;
since VMware Workstation 6.0

Example

my $err;

$err = VMAddSharedFolder($vmHandle, 
		         "WorkDir",
			 "/work",
                         VIX_SHAREDFOLDER_WRITE_ACCESS);

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