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runprograminguest Syntax posted: Nov 2, 2009 1:43 AM

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mic21
10 posts since
Oct 26, 2009
Hi,

how can I decompress a tar file on guest Linux suse guest with runprogramfile?


tar take the argument "xvf" before name file.tar. How can i pass the "xvf" argument in the command runprograminguest?


I wrote:


vmrun -T esx -h "https://xxx.xxx.com/sdk" -u "mxxxxxi" -p "mxxx" -gu "xxx" -gp "xxxxx" runProgramInGuest "xxxxxx ncxxxx/xxxx.vmx" "bin/tar" "xvf" "/bin/file.tar" -display


but, nothing happened! Please help me!

Re: runprograminguest Syntax

1. Nov 3, 2009 5:21 AM in response to: mic21
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fixitchris
547 posts since
Dec 8, 2006
Take a look here:

http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/vmroyale/2009/04/23/using-vmrun-runprograminguest-with-windows-installer-msi-packages

Try to create a script:
./bin/tar xvf $1


Then call it:
vmrun -T esx -h "https://xxx.xxx.com/sdk" -u "mxxxxxi" -p "mxxx" -gu "xxx" -gp "xxxxx" runProgramInGuest "xxxxxx ncxxxx/xxxx.vmx" "myscript" "/bin/file.tar" -display

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