File Sharing with Oracle Virtual Box 4.0

If the Guest OS is Windows XP or any other Microsoft platform follow this process

1. Go to DEVICES -> SHARED FOLDERS -> add shared folder

2. select the folder from the Host OS and set the name for the share (set other options as required)

3. In the Guest OS, Go to NETWORK PLACES and then to VIRTUAL BOX SHARED FOLDERS and select the shared folder

If the guest OS is a Linux distribution like Ubuntu follow this process

1. Go to DEVICES -> SHARED FOLDERS -> add shared folder

2. Select the folder from the Host OS and set the name for the share (set other options as required / Remember the share name)

Name of the share = share_point_name

3. In the terminal enter the following command to mount the shared folder

mkdir /home/guest_share_folder (create the mount point)
sudo mount -t vboxsf share_point_name /home/guest_share_folder