vboxctrl(1)

vboxctrl1

Control vbox functions

Usage

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

vboxctrl -v

Overview

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".

Releases

12 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 2.0
  2. 2.1–2.2
  3. 3.0
  4. 3.1
  5. 4.0–6.0
  6. 7–10

Author

This manual page was written by Paul Slootman <[email protected]>, for Debian GNU/Linux and isdn4linux.

From isdnvboxclient 1:3.25+dfsg1-10 in Debian 10 (Buster). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.