When using the sample code included on the Running macOS in a virtual machine on Apple silicon. I am adding the following changes to the swift files:
Added to 'MacOSVirtualMachineConfigurationHelper' file:
static func createAutomountSingleDirectoryShareDeviceConfiguration() -> VZVirtioFileSystemDeviceConfiguration {
let sharedDirectory = VZSharedDirectory(url: directoryURL, readOnly: false)
let singleDirectoryShare = VZSingleDirectoryShare(directory: sharedDirectory)
// Assign the automount tag to this share. macOS shares automounted directories automatically under /Volumes in the guest.
let sharingConfiguration = VZVirtioFileSystemDeviceConfiguration(tag: VZVirtioFileSystemDeviceConfiguration.macOSGuestAutomountTag)
sharingConfiguration.share = singleDirectoryShare
return sharingConfiguration
}
Added to 'path' file:
let directoryURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: NSHomeDirectory() + "Projects")
Added to the 'AppDelegate' file:
virtualMachineConfiguration.directorySharingDevices = [MacOSVirtualMachineConfigurationHelper.createAutomountSingleDirectoryShareDeviceConfiguration()]
When the above is added and the sample app is run, the following error is shown:
macOSVirtualMachineSampleApp/AppDelegate.swift:95: Fatal error: Virtual machine failed to start with Error Domain=VZErrorDomain Code=2 "A directory sharing device configuration is invalid." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailure=Invalid virtual machine configuration., NSLocalizedFailureReason=A directory sharing device configuration is invalid., NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c343c0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or directory"}}
On the host device the directory that is being shared is ~/Projects and it does exist.
What do I need to change to create the shared directory and have it work?
Is there a sample code project for the same configuration that was shown in the demo?
let directoryURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: NSHomeDirectory() + "Projects")
NSHomeDirectory() doesn’t including a trailing slash (/), so this code doesn’t do what you expect.
A better way to create a home directory relative URL is:
let directoryURL = FileManager.default
.homeDirectoryForCurrentUser
.appending(path: "Projects", directoryHint: .isDirectory)
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