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How to use vmrun to execute batch files in Windows Guests |
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This command will issue %COMSPEC%, which is a pointer to cmd.exe, to run the batch file C:\batch.bat on the WinXP2 virtual machine. | This command will issue %COMSPEC%, which is a pointer to cmd.exe, to run the batch file C:\batch.bat on the WinXP2 virtual machine. | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:02, 20 December 2008
In order to use vmrun to run a batch file on a Windows guest, you can use RunProgramInGuest and explicity call cmd.exe with the /c switch.
vmrun -T ws -gu USERNAME -gp PASSWORD runProgramInGuest "C:\Virtual Machines\WinXP2\WinXP2.vmx" %COMSPEC% "/c C:\batch.bat"
This command will issue %COMSPEC%, which is a pointer to cmd.exe, to run the batch file C:\batch.bat on the WinXP2 virtual machine.
