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Run a python script in the guest virtual machine using vmrun runScriptInGuest

I am trying to run a very long python script which resides in guest virtual machine A.py from the host linux machine. The guest VM is Windows 7x64 and application is VMware Fusion.

I am using following command:

vmrun -T ws -gu <username> -gp <password> runScriptInGuest "/Users/userdir/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows7x64.vmwarevm/Windows7x64.vmx" C:\\Users\\Admin\\Documents\\A.py C:\Python27\python.exe

This is not working. Any ideas on how to get this working?

I really appreciate your help.

Solution

  • Just a wild guess, but try changing the order of the last 2 arguments:

    vmrun -T ws -gu -gp runScriptInGuest "/Users/userdir/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows7x64.vmwarevm/Windows7x64.vmx" C:\Python27\python.exe C:\Users\Admin\Documents\A.py

    The Python interpreter should be invoked by the VM and the interpreter will run the A.py script.