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## NAME
       libvmtools - vmware shared library


## DESCRIPTION
       This is a shared library used by several Open VM Tools components, such as vmware-toolbox-cmd
       and vmtoolsd (and its plugins).


## SEE ALSO
       [_vmware-checkvm_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vmware-checkvm/1/markdown)
       [_vmware-toolbox-cmd_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vmware-toolbox-cmd/1/markdown)
       [_vmware-xferlogs_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vmware-xferlogs/1/markdown)
       [_libguestlib_(3)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/libguestlib/3/markdown)
       [_vmware-user-suid-wrapper_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vmware-user-suid-wrapper/1/markdown)


## HOMEPAGE
       More  information  about   libvmtools   and   the   Open   VM   Tools   can   be   found   at
       <_<http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/_>>.


## AUTHOR
       Open VM Tools were written by VMware, Inc. <_<http://www.vmware.com/_>>.

       This manual page was put together from homepage materials by Daniel Baumann <_mail@daniel-bau__‐
       _mann.ch_>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).



2010.03.20-243334                            2010-04-08                                [LIBVMTOOLS(3)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/LIBVMTOOLS/3/markdown)