How can I use a script to control a VirtualBox guest?
- by TheWickerman666
Refer to : Launch an application in Windows from the Ubuntu desktop
I was wondering if Takkat could elaborate on the actual execution i.e. howto in the script file.
This will be greatly helpful. Thanks in advance
my script file InternetExplorerVM.sh looks like this, execution is
/path/to/InternetExplorerVM.sh "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
#!/bin/bash
# start Internet Explorer inside of a Windows7 Ultimate VM
echo "Starting 'Internet Explorer' browser inside Windows7 virtual machine"
echo ""
sleep 1
echo "Please be patient"
VBoxManage startvm b307622e-6b5e-4e47-a427-84760cf2312b
sleep 15
echo ""
echo "Now starting 'Internet Explorer'"
##VBoxManage --nologo guestcontrol b307622e-6b5e-4e47-a427-84760cf2312b execute --image "$1" --username RailroadGuest --password bnsf1234
VBoxManage --nologo guestcontrol b307622e-6b5e-4e47-a427-84760cf2312b execute --image "C:\\Program/ Files\\Internet/ Explorer\\iexplore.exe" --username RailroadGuest --password bnsf1234 --wait-exit --wait-stdout
echo ""
echo "Saving the VM's state now"
VBoxManage controlvm b307622e-6b5e-4e47-a427-84760cf2312b savestate
sleep 2
#Check VM state
echo ""
echo "Check the VM state"
VBoxManage showvminfo b307622e-6b5e-4e47-a427-84760cf2312b | grep State
exit
My apologies for any mistakes, this is my first time posting on askubuntu.Thanks a ton in advance. This has been very helpful. Need this for BNSF guests, their Mainframe emulator works exclusively on Java enabled Internet Explorer.
