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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "VMWARE-XFERLOGS",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/VMWARE-XFERLOGS/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-16T06:23:08Z",
    "synopsis": "vmware-xferlogs OPTIONS FILE",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "vmware-xferlogs - dump vm-support output to vmx logfile\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "vmware-xferlogs OPTIONS FILE\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "vmware-xferlogs  is  a  simple console application and can be run as any user. It is based on\nrpctool to dump the vm-support output to the vmx log file base64 encoded.  It  can  dump  any\nfile supplied on the commandline to the vmx log. It also does the decoding part of it. It can\nread the vmware.log file decode and write the encoded files in the directory it was invoked.\n\nExample of a transfer found in the vmx log file:\n\nAug 24 18:48:09: vcpu-0| Guest: >Logfile Begins : /root/install.log: ver - 1      Aug 24\n18:48:09:  vcpu-0| Guest: >SW5zdGFsbGluZyA0NDEgcGFja2FnZXMKCkluc3RhbGxpbmcgZ2xpYmMtY29tbW9uL‐\nTIuMi41LTM0      Aug 24  18:48:09:  vcpu-0|  Guest:  >LgpJbnN0YWxsaW5nIGh3ZGF0YS0wLjE0LTEuCk‐\nluc3RhbGxpbmcgaW5kZXhodG1sLTcuMy0zLgpJ        Aug   24  18:48:09:  vcpu-0|  Guest:  >bnN0YWx‐\nsaW5nIG1haWxjYXAtMi4xLjktMi4KSW5zdGFsbGluZyBtYW4tcGFnZXMtMS40OC0yLgpJ       ....         ....\nAug 24 18:48:10: vcpu-0| Guest: >Mi4K      Aug 24 18:48:10: vcpu-0| Guest: >Logfile Ends\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "enc\n\ndec\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "vmware-checkvm(1)\nvmware-toolbox-cmd(1)\nlibguestlib(3)\nlibvmtools(3)\nvmware-user-suid-wrapper(1)\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "HOMEPAGE": {
            "content": "More   information   about   vmware-xferlogs   and   the  Open  VM  Tools  can  be  found  at\n<http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/>.\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Open VM Tools were written by VMware, Inc. <http://www.vmware.com/>.\n\nThis manual page was put together from homepage materials by Daniel Baumann <mail@daniel-bau‐\nmann.ch>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).\n\n\n\n2010.03.20-243334                            2010-04-08                           VMWARE-XFERLOGS(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "vmware-xferlogs - dump vm-support output to vmx logfile",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "vmware-checkvm",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vmware-checkvm/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vmware-toolbox-cmd",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vmware-toolbox-cmd/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "libguestlib",
            "section": "3",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/libguestlib/3/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "libvmtools",
            "section": "3",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/libvmtools/3/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vmware-user-suid-wrapper",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vmware-user-suid-wrapper/1/json"
        }
    ]
}