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libguestlib

LIBGUESTLIB(3)							   Open VM Tools						    LIBGUESTLIB(3)

NAME

       libguestlib - vmware shared library

DESCRIPTION

       This  is a shared object intended for use in other applications. It provides access to some configuration and performance data available in
       the host.

SEE ALSO

       vmware-checkvm(1)
       vmware-hgfsclient(1)
       vmware-toolbox(1)
       vmware-toolbox-cmd(1)
       vmware-user(1)
       vmware-xferlogs(1)
       libvmtools(3)
       vmware-guestd(8)
       vmware-hgfsmounter(8)
       vmware-user-suid-wrapper(8)
       vmci(9)
       vmhgfs(9)
       vmmemctl(9)
       vmsock(9)
       vmsync(9)
       vmxnet(9)
       vmxnet3(9)

HOMEPAGE

       More information about libguestlib 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  <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net>,  for  the  Debian
       project (but may be used by others).

2010.03.20-243334						    2010-04-08							    LIBGUESTLIB(3)