Developing in VMware shared folder?
lazarus / 23-Operating Systems

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stem · 2014-06-29 15:59

Hi,

at the moment I'm developing with Windows 7. As I want to use my
software
with several operating systems, I'm also running a Linux Lazarus
version within
VMware. In order to compile it, I copy the application folder into the
VMware
shared folder every time before I switch to Linux.

Does anyone have experience in developing directly in the VMware
shared
folder (with one OS at the same time, of course)? Or could there be
any
side effects I'm not aware of?


Thank you

stem

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Mike.Cornflake · 2014-06-29 16:04

I've just done this myself with Virtualbox (not VMWare) with no
issues.

Mind you, I'm not simultaneously accessing that shared folder each
time.  I'm ensuring the Windows Laz is closed before switching to
Linux and versa vice.  Having both open at the same time wouldn't
(well shouldn't) work, but I don't think it's what you're asking...

Couldn't get virtualbox  automounting to work, so manually mounted the
shared folder myself.

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bigeno · 2014-06-29 16:57

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avra · 2014-06-30 10:45

A slightly different approach works pretty well for me. On my main dev
machine I share folder with sources and map it locally. Then on all
other virtual or real computers I map that same folder in the same
way. So, everyone sees the folder and access is uniform from all
computers. Later, you just have to backup that single folder.