Managing Shared Folders

The pctl set command can be used to add shared folders to a virtual machine and to modify and delete existing shared folders.

Syntax

pctl set ID | VM_name --shf-host-add name --path path

[ --mode ro | rw ]

[ --shf-description txt ]

[ --enable | --disable ]

pctl set ID | VM_name --shf-host-set name [ --mode ro | rw ]

[ --path path ]

[ --shf-description txt ]

[ --enable | --disable ]

pctl set ID |VM_name -- shf-host on | off

pctl set ID | VM_name --shf-host-del name

pctl set ID | VM_name --shf-guest on | off

pctl set ID | VM_name --shf-guest-automount on | off

Parameters

Name	Description
`ID`	The virtual machine ID.
`VM_name`	The virtual machine name.
`--shf-host-add`	Shares the specified folder on the Parallels server with the virtual machine.
`--shf-host-set`	Modifies the settings of an existing shared folder.
`--shf-host on\|off`	Turns the host folder sharing on or off.
`--shf-host-del`	Removes the specified shared folder from the shared folder list.
`--shf-guest on\|off`	Turns the guest folder sharing on or off.
`--shf-guest-automount on\|off`	Mounts or unmounts virtual disks on the Parallels server.
`name`	User-defined shared folder name.
`--path`	Name and path of a folder on the Parallels server to share with the specified virtual machine.
`--mode`	Sharing mode: `ro` -- read-only. `rw` -- read and write.
`--shf-description`	User-defined shared folder description.
`--enable`	Enable the shared folder.
`--disable`	Disable the shared folder.

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