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| 30 | ]>
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| 31 | <refentry id="man_vboxheadless" lang="en">
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| 32 | <refentryinfo>
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| 33 | <pubdate>August 2019</pubdate>
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| 34 | <title>VBoxHeadless</title>
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| 35 | </refentryinfo>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <refmeta>
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| 38 | <refentrytitle>VBoxHeadless</refentrytitle>
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| 39 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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| 40 | </refmeta>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <refnamediv>
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| 43 | <refname>VBoxHeadless</refname>
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| 44 | <refpurpose>&product-name; remote desktop server</refpurpose>
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| 45 | <refclass>Oracle VM VirtualBox</refclass>
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| 46 | </refnamediv>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <refsynopsisdiv>
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| 49 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-vboxheadless">
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| 50 | <command>VBoxHeadless</command>
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| 51 | <arg>--startvm=<group>
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| 52 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
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| 53 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 54 | </group></arg>
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| 55 | <arg>--vrde=<group choice="plain">
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| 56 | <arg choice="plain">on</arg>
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| 57 | <arg choice="plain">off</arg>
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| 58 | <arg choice="plain">config</arg>
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| 59 | </group></arg>
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| 60 | <arg>--vrdeproperty=<replaceable>prop-name</replaceable>=[<replaceable>prop-value</replaceable>]</arg>
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| 61 | <arg>--settingspw=[<replaceable>password</replaceable>]</arg>
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| 62 | <arg>--settingspwfile=<replaceable>password-file</replaceable></arg>
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| 63 | <arg>--start-paused=<replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 64 | <arg>--capture</arg>
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| 65 | <arg>--width=<replaceable>width</replaceable></arg>
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| 66 | <arg>--height=<replaceable>height</replaceable></arg>
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| 67 | <arg>--bitrate=<replaceable>bit-rate</replaceable></arg>
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| 68 | <arg>--filename=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
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| 69 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 70 | </refsynopsisdiv>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <refsect1>
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| 73 | <title>Description</title>
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| 74 | <para>
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| 75 | The <command>VBoxHeadless</command> command is an alternate front
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| 76 | end that enables you to remotely manage virtual machines (VMs).
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| 77 | The front end is a CLI rather than the VirtualBox Manager
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| 78 | graphical user interface (GUI).
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| 79 | </para>
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| 80 | <para>
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| 81 | For information about using this command, see
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| 82 | <xref linkend="vboxheadless" />.
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| 83 | </para>
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| 84 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-vboxheadless-command-options">
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| 85 | <title>Command Options</title>
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| 86 | <variablelist>
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| 87 | <varlistentry>
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| 88 | <term><option>--startvm=<replaceable>uuid</replaceable> | <replaceable>vmname</replaceable></option></term>
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| 89 | <listitem><para>
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| 90 | Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or name
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| 91 | of the VM to start.
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| 92 | </para><para>
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| 93 | Use the <command>VBoxManage list vms</command> command to
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| 94 | obtain VM information.
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| 95 | </para><para>
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| 96 | The short versions of this option are <option>-s</option>
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| 97 | and <option>-startvm</option>.
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| 98 | </para></listitem>
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| 99 | </varlistentry>
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| 100 | <varlistentry>
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| 101 | <term><option>--vrde=on | off | config</option></term>
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| 102 | <listitem><para>
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| 103 | Specifies how to use the VRDP server. The default value is
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| 104 | <literal>config</literal>. Valid values are as follows:
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| 105 | </para><itemizedlist>
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| 106 | <listitem><para>
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| 107 | <literal>on</literal> enables the VRDP server.
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| 108 | </para><screen>VBoxHeadless --startvm=<replaceable>vmname</replaceable> --vrde=on</screen></listitem>
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| 109 | <listitem><para>
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| 110 | <literal>off</literal> disables the VRDP server.
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| 111 | </para><screen>VBoxHeadless --startvm=<replaceable>vmname</replaceable> --vrde=off</screen></listitem>
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| 112 | <listitem><para>
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| 113 | <literal>config</literal> enables the VRDP server
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| 114 | depending on the VM configuration.
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| 115 | </para><screen>VBoxHeadless --startvm=<replaceable>vmname</replaceable> --vrde=config</screen></listitem>
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| 116 | </itemizedlist><para>
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| 117 | The short version of this option is <option>-v</option>.
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| 118 | </para></listitem>
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| 119 | </varlistentry>
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| 120 | <varlistentry>
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| 121 | <term><option>--vrdeproperty=<replaceable>prop-name</replaceable>=<replaceable>prop-value</replaceable></option></term>
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| 122 | <listitem><para>
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| 123 | Specifies a value for one of the following properties:
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| 124 | </para><itemizedlist>
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| 125 | <listitem><para>
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| 126 | The <literal>TCP/Ports</literal> property value is a
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| 127 | comma-separated list of ports to which the VRDE server
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| 128 | can bind. Use a hyphen (<literal>-</literal>) between
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| 129 | two port numbers to specify a range of ports.
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| 130 | </para></listitem>
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| 131 | <listitem><para>
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| 132 | The <literal>TCP/Address</literal> property value is
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| 133 | the interface IP address to which to bind the VRDE
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| 134 | server.
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| 135 | </para></listitem>
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| 136 | </itemizedlist></listitem>
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| 137 | </varlistentry>
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| 138 | <varlistentry>
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| 139 | <term><option>--settingspw=[<replaceable>password</replaceable>]</option></term>
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| 140 | <listitem><para>
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| 141 | Specifies a settings password to access encrypted
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| 142 | settings. If you do not specify the password on the
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| 143 | command line, <command>VBoxHeadless</command> prompts you
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| 144 | for the password.
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| 145 | </para><remark>
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| 146 | This design does not conform to Oracle's security
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| 147 | guidelines. You should not be able to specify a password
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| 148 | on the command line because the password can be seen in a
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| 149 | process listing.
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| 150 | </remark></listitem>
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| 151 | </varlistentry>
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| 152 | <varlistentry>
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| 153 | <term><option>--settingspwfile=<replaceable>password-file</replaceable></option></term>
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| 154 | <listitem><para>
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| 155 | Specifies the file that contains the settings password.
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| 156 | </para></listitem>
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| 157 | </varlistentry>
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| 158 | <varlistentry>
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| 159 | <term><option>--start-paused=<replaceable>vmname</replaceable></option></term>
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| 160 | <listitem><para>
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| 161 | Starts the specified VM in the paused state.
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| 162 | </para></listitem>
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| 163 | </varlistentry>
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| 164 | <varlistentry>
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| 165 | <term><option>--capture</option></term>
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| 166 | <listitem><para>
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| 167 | Records the VM screen output to a file. In addition to
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| 168 | this option, you must use the <option>--filename</option>
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| 169 | option to specify the name of the file.
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| 170 | </para></listitem>
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| 171 | </varlistentry>
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| 172 | <varlistentry>
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| 173 | <term><option>--width=<replaceable>width</replaceable></option></term>
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| 174 | <listitem><para>
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| 175 | Specifies the frame width of the recording in pixels. This
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| 176 | option is associated with the <option>--capture</option>
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| 177 | option.
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| 178 | </para></listitem>
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| 179 | </varlistentry>
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| 180 | <varlistentry>
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| 181 | <term><option>--height=<replaceable>height</replaceable></option></term>
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| 182 | <listitem><para>
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| 183 | Specifies the frame height of the recording in pixels.
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| 184 | This option is associated with the
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| 185 | <option>--capture</option> option.
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| 186 | </para></listitem>
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| 187 | </varlistentry>
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| 188 | <varlistentry>
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| 189 | <term><option>--bitrate=<replaceable>bit-rate</replaceable></option></term>
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| 190 | <listitem><para>
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| 191 | Specifies the bit rate of the recording in kilobits per
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| 192 | second. This option is associated with the
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| 193 | <option>--capture</option> option.
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| 194 | </para></listitem>
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| 195 | </varlistentry>
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| 196 | <varlistentry>
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| 197 | <term><option>--filename=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></option></term>
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| 198 | <listitem><para>
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| 199 | Specifies the name of the file in which to store the
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| 200 | recording. The codec used is based on the file extension
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| 201 | that you choose. You must specify this option if you use
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| 202 | the <option>--capture</option> option.
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| 203 | </para><remark>
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| 204 | Where can we get information about the file extensions
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| 205 | that are supported?
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| 206 | </remark></listitem>
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| 207 | </varlistentry>
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| 208 | </variablelist>
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| 209 | </refsect2>
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| 210 | </refsect1>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | <refsect1>
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| 213 | <title>Examples</title>
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| 214 | <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL"/>
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| 215 | <para>
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| 216 | The following command starts the <literal>ol7u4</literal> VM:
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| 217 | </para>
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| 218 | <screen>$ VBoxHeadless --startvm "ol7u4"</screen>
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| 219 | <para>
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| 220 | The following command starts the <literal>ol7u6</literal> VM in
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| 221 | the Paused state.
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| 222 | </para>
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| 223 | <screen>$ VBoxHeadless --startvm "ol7u6" --start-paused</screen>
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| 224 | <para>
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| 225 | The following command starts the <literal>ol7u6</literal> VM and
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| 226 | records the session. The recording is saved to the
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| 227 | <filename>ol7u6-recording</filename> WebM file.
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| 228 | </para>
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| 229 | <screen>$ VBoxHeadless --startvm "ol7u6" --capture --filename ol7u6-recording.webm</screen>
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| 230 | </refsect1>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <refsect1>
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| 233 | <title>See Also</title>
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| 234 | <para>
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| 235 | <xref linkend="vboxmanage-list" />,
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| 236 | <xref linkend="vboxmanage-startvm" />
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| 237 | </para>
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| 238 | </refsect1>
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| 239 | </refentry>
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