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Files may be copied to and from the guest operating system running inside a VMware virtual machine using the ''vmrun'' command line tool.
Note that in order to perform these tasks, VMware Tools must be installed on the guest operating system. For details on installing VMware Tools refer to the [[Understanding and Installing VMware Tools]] chapter of the Virtuatopia [[VMware Server 2.0 Essentials]] online book.
== Finding the vmrun Tool ==
== Checking if a File Exists in a Virtual Machine Guest ==
Before attempting to copy a file to or from a gust operating system, it may first be useful to check whether the file existson the guest filesystems. This can quickly be achieved with ''vmrun'' and the ''fileExistsInGuest'' command. For example:
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