1. basiliskiivm(1)
3. basiliskiivm(1)

NAME

basiliskiivm - manage and run multiple BasiliskII VMs

SYNOPSIS

basiliskiivm options command

DESCRIPTION

BasiliskII(1) is a free, portable 68k Mac emulator, however it only has a single configuration file and so does not easily support emulating multiple virtual Macs. basiliskiivm is a wrapper around BasiliskII which simplifies the process of creating, managing, and running multiple VMs. It does this by packaging BasiliskII configuration files, disk images, and other state data for each VM into a *.BasiliskIIVM directory/bundle, which can then be acted on using convenience commands.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

print usage instructions

-V, --version

print version information

COMMANDS

info <vm>

print basic configuration info for a .BasiliskIIVM

list [<path>]

list all .BasiliskIIVM in path (or none for default directory)

package

package the current BasiliskII configuration into a .BasiliskIIVM

snapshot <vm>

create a snapshot of the current state of disks in the .BasiliskIIVM

snapshots <vm>

list all snapshots in a .BasiliskIIVM

start <vm>

start a BasiliskII instance from a .BasiliskIIVM

status <vm>

get the status of a .BasiliskIIVM

stop <vm>

stop a running .BasiliskIIVM

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

BASILISKII_BINARY

path to your BasiliskII binary, if it's not in your search path

BASILISKII_VMS_PATH

path where you store your BasiliskII VMs

BASILISKII_SNAPSHOT_COMPRESSION

method used for snapshot compression ('none', 'gzip')

SEE ALSO

BasiliskII(1)

AUTHOR

Morgan Aldridge (morgant@makkintosshu.com)

2. January 2019
3. basiliskiivm(1)