Clone a stopped VMWare vm.

clone_vmware_image.rb

from = ARGV[0]
to = ARGV[1]
puts "copy from #{from} to #{to}"

def run(cmd)
  puts "Executing #{cmd}"
  if !system(cmd)
    raise "error while executing #{cmd}"
  end
end

run("cp -r \"#{from}\" \"#{to}\"")
Dir.glob("#{to}/*").each do |f|
  if f.index(from)
    new_name = f.gsub(from, to)
    run("mv \"#{f}\" \"#{new_name}\"")
  end
end

def replace_vm_name(filename, from, to)
  original_content = File.read(filename)
  new_content = original_content.gsub(from, to)
  File.write(filename, new_content)
end

replace_vm_name("#{to}/#{to}.vmx", from, to)
replace_vm_name("#{to}/#{to}.vmdk", from, to)