vmbox.sh

#!/usr/bin/env zsh
# set: ft=sh
set -e
setopt extendedglob
ROOT=/Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/

if  ! pwd | grep vmwarevm > /dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "Doesn't look like we're in a vmware image directory!"
    exit 1
fi


if ! ${ROOT}vmrun stop *.vmx; then
    echo "VM is not running."
else
    echo "VM has been shut down."
fi


# just another check, make sure the files in this directory look like vmware
# virtual machine files
ls -d *.(vmxf|nvram|vmsd|vmx|vmdk) > /dev/null 2>&1

# remove all files that are not essential for a vagrant box
rm -irf $(ls -d *~*.(vmxf|nvram|vmsd|vmx|vmdk))

# defragment and shrink the main vmware disk
for disk in $(ls *.vmdk);do
  echo "converting to disk type 0..."
  ${ROOT}/vmware-vdiskmanager -r "${disk}" -t 0 temp.vmdk.new
  rm "${disk}"
  mv temp.vmdk.new "${disk}"

  echo "defragging ${disk}...."
  ${ROOT}/vmware-vdiskmanager -d -- "${disk}"
  echo "shrinking ${disk}...."
  ${ROOT}/vmware-vdiskmanager -k -- "${disk}"
done


# create the metadata.json for vmware fusion
cat <<EOF > metadata.json
{
  "provider":"vmware_desktop"
}
EOF

# box it up using the virtual machine name as the box name.
box_name=$(basename "${PWD}" .vmwarevm)
tar cvzf "${box_name}.box" ./*