Path to Virtualbox VM on OS X include folder with no name

[gregelin]

vbkick process stores virtual machines in a folder structure that begins with a folder with no discernible name or visible character on OS X (10.9.2). That feels odd.

GUI screenshot:

terminal screenshot (using iTerm2)

[wilas]

Could you please provide me the output of these commands:

VBoxManage list systemproperties | grep "Default machine folder"
VBoxManage list systemproperties | grep "Default machine folder" | cut -d':' -f 2 | sed 's/^\s*//g'

[gregelin]

@wilas Here is output, plus a little extra.

mbair:vbkick greg$ VBoxManage list systemproperties | grep "Default machine folder"
Default machine folder:          /Users/greg/VirtualBox VMs
mbair:vbkick greg$ ls /Users/greg/VirtualBox VMs
ls: /Users/greg/VirtualBox: No such file or directory
ls: VMs: No such file or directory
mbair:vbkick greg$ ls          /Users/greg/VirtualBox VMs
ls: /Users/greg/VirtualBox: No such file or directory
ls: VMs: No such file or directory
mbair:vbkick greg$ ls \         /Users/greg/VirtualBox VMs
ls:  : No such file or directory
ls: /Users/greg/VirtualBox: No such file or directory
ls: VMs: No such file or directory
mbair:vbkick greg$ ls \          /Users/greg/VirtualBox VMs
ls:  : No such file or directory
ls: /Users/greg/VirtualBox: No such file or directory
ls: VMs: No such file or directory
mbair:vbkick greg$ VBoxManage list systemproperties | grep "Default machine folder" | cut -d':' -f 2 | sed 's/^\s*//g'
          /Users/greg/VirtualBox VMs
mbair:vbkick greg$ VBoxManage list systemproperties | grep "Default machine folder" | cut -d':' -f 2 | sed 's/^\s*/+/g'
+          /Users/greg/VirtualBox VMs
mbair:vbkick greg$ ls \          /Users/greg/VirtualBox\ VMs
ls:  : No such file or directory
/Users/greg/VirtualBox VMs:
centos-6.5-x86_64_noX-partitioned               myWorkingVM
centos-64-x64-vbox4210_1401295333443_12298          newVM
centos-openscap-2014-05-26_default_1401144903700_16970      newVM2
centos-openscap-2014-05-28_default_1401288152625_53177      rhel6.5-1
centos65-docker2                        statedecoded-gm-centos6-2014-05-18_default_1400425474083_4822
centosd                             vm3
cloudstart-gitmachine_default_1394162591552_68524       zabbix1
govreadyc6-4
mbair:vbkick greg$ ls "          /Users/greg/VirtualBox VMs"
ls:           /Users/greg/VirtualBox VMs: No such file or directory
mbair:vbkick greg$ ls "          /Users/greg/VirtualBox VM"

[wilas]

These commands should works for you:

ls "/Users/greg/VirtualBox VMs"
ls /Users/greg/VirtualBox\ VMs
printf "\t  a1 a2\n" | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*/+/g'

and now please run as well:

vbkick list

NB. don't forget about sudo make install ;-)

There was a problem with \s in sed. Now I use [[:space:]] what is POSIX compatible.

[wilas]

Feel free to remove that ugly directory... and build the VM again.

[gregelin]

This fixed.

[wilas]

Good.