VirtualBox Shared Folder Setup

virtualbox-shared-folder-setup.sh

# set up shared folder
VBoxManage sharedfolder add "VM name" --name "sharename" --hostpath "/path"

# test mounting
mkdir ~/path
sudo mount -t vboxsf sharename ~/path

# error: /sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such file or directory
sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
sudo reboot

# permanant automatic mounting
echo "code /path/to/mount vboxsf defaults,_netdev,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0" >> /etc/fstab

# useful links:
# http://stackoverflow.com/a/32436310/576497
# https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#sf_mount_auto