Run Fusion 3.x OR 4.x in headless mode

vmware_fusion_headless.sh

# Start and stop headless VMs
# Val Neekman @ Neekware Inc.
# [email protected]

# You need to fix this to point to the right directory on your MAC
VMHOME="${HOME}/Documents/VMs"

if [ -z $1 ]
   then echo "Usage: vm stop|start|stopall"
   exit 1
fi

VMS=`find "${VMHOME}" -depth 1 -name "*.vmwarevm"`

# Locate the vmrun
VMRUN=''
VMRUN_3="/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/vmrun"
VMRUN_4="/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmrun"

if [ -f "$VMRUN_4" ];
then
    VMRUN=$VMRUN_4
else
    if [ -f "$VMRUN_3" ];
    then
    	VMRUN = $VMRUN_3
    else
	echo "Unable to locate vmrun"
        exit 0
    fi
fi


# Allow spaces in file dir/name
ORIG_IFS=${IFS}; IFS="
"

# stop all
if [ "$1" == "stopall" ]; then
    # Loop through and shutdown all VMs
    for opt in $VMS ; do
        RUNNING=`ls $opt | grep "mem.lck" | wc -l | sed 's/ //g'`
        if [ "$RUNNING" -gt 0 ]; then
            # run file
            `"${VMRUN}" stop "${opt}"`
            # repair IFS
            IFS=${ORIG_IFS}
        fi
    done
fi

# choose to stop one
if [ "$1" == "stop" ]; then
    # Loop through and shutdown all VMs
    select opt in $VMS ; do
        RUNNING=`ls $opt | grep "mem.lck" | wc -l | sed 's/ //g'`
        if [ "$RUNNING" -gt 0 ]; then
            # run file
            `"${VMRUN}" stop "${opt}"`
            # repair IFS
            IFS=${ORIG_IFS}
            exit 0
        fi
    done
fi

# choose to start one # a non windows 
if [ "$1" == "start" ]; then
    select opt in $VMS ; do
        RUNNING=`ls $opt | grep "Applications" | wc -l | sed 's/ //g'`
        if [ "$RUNNING" -gt 0 ]; then
            # run file
            echo "Windows not supported"
            exit 0 
        else
            # run file
            `"${VMRUN}" start "${opt}" nogui`
            # repair IFS
            IFS=${ORIG_IFS}
            exit 0 
        fi
    done
fi

IFS=${ORIG_IFS}