VMWare

[Tom H]

> 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.

Install smbfs then mount the Windows share:
smbmount //hostpc/music mountpoint -o user=xxx,...