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VMWARE-XFERLOGS(1)                          Open VM Tools                         VMWARE-XFERLOGS(1)



NAME
       vmware-xferlogs - dump vm-support output to vmx logfile


SYNOPSIS
       vmware-xferlogs OPTIONS FILE


DESCRIPTION
       vmware-xferlogs  is  a  simple console application and can be run as any user. It is based on
       rpctool to dump the vm-support output to the vmx log file base64 encoded.  It  can  dump  any
       file supplied on the commandline to the vmx log. It also does the decoding part of it. It can
       read the vmware.log file decode and write the encoded files in the directory it was invoked.

       Example of a transfer found in the vmx log file:

            Aug 24 18:48:09: vcpu-0| Guest: >Logfile Begins : /root/install.log: ver - 1      Aug 24
       18:48:09:  vcpu-0| Guest: >SW5zdGFsbGluZyA0NDEgcGFja2FnZXMKCkluc3RhbGxpbmcgZ2xpYmMtY29tbW9uL‐
       TIuMi41LTM0      Aug 24  18:48:09:  vcpu-0|  Guest:  >LgpJbnN0YWxsaW5nIGh3ZGF0YS0wLjE0LTEuCk‐
       luc3RhbGxpbmcgaW5kZXhodG1sLTcuMy0zLgpJ        Aug   24  18:48:09:  vcpu-0|  Guest:  >bnN0YWx‐
       saW5nIG1haWxjYXAtMi4xLjktMi4KSW5zdGFsbGluZyBtYW4tcGFnZXMtMS40OC0yLgpJ       ....         ....
            Aug 24 18:48:10: vcpu-0| Guest: >Mi4K      Aug 24 18:48:10: vcpu-0| Guest: >Logfile Ends


OPTIONS
       enc

       dec


SEE ALSO
       vmware-checkvm(1)
       vmware-toolbox-cmd(1)
       libguestlib(3)
       libvmtools(3)
       vmware-user-suid-wrapper(1)


HOMEPAGE
       More   information   about   vmware-xferlogs   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                           VMWARE-XFERLOGS(1)