VMWare

[James Michael Fultz]

* Bob Adams <bob55 at ntlworld.com> [2009-10-09 19:08 +0100]:
> I am running VMWare Server 1.09 with Ubuntu 9.04 as a guest on a Windows
> XP host.
> 
> I want to access a windows shared folder on the host named 'Music' via
> the Terminal, so as I can run a 'mmv' command - but I cannot figure out
> what the correct path is.
> 
> I can open the folder just fine in Nautilus and it tells me that the
> path is smb://hostpc/music but if I enter that path as a cd command in
> Terminal, the reply is that the folder does not exist.
> 
> Any clues please?

Nautilus is using GVFS to access the SMB share.  You'll either need to
mount the share persistently:

<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountWindowsSharesPermanently>

Or since GVFS on Ubuntu integrates with FUSE, look inside of '~/.gvfs'
while the share appears mounted in Nautilus.

Here is a blog posting about using GVFS and FUSE to access network
shares:

<http://lotso.livejournal.com/106139.html>