How to navigate to Windows 7 shared folders from Ubuntu guest with terminal?

Question

I'm running a VirtualBox with Ubuntu 64-bit, configured as a Bitnami Djangostack. I'm running this within a Windows 7 64-bit host.

Though my VirtualBox is what runs the server, I'd like my website files to be hosted on my main machine (Windows 7) for easier editing.

I set up Virtualbox to share the specific Windows 7 folder with my Ubuntu guest. It is set to automatically mount.

Now, I'd like to navigate to that folder from my Ubuntu terminal (no GUI installed). How should I do that ?

Did you used Virtualbox share directories or how exactly are you sharing? — Braiam, Oct 04 '13 at 15:41
From your comment below we can see that you shared folder is not mounted. See http://askubuntu.com/questions/30396/error-mounting-virtualbox-shared-folders-in-an-ubuntu-guest on how to do that. Or consider a Samba network share instead. — Takkat, Oct 04 '13 at 15:51

java_xof · Answer 1 · 2013-10-05T21:20:58.493

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try using command mount to check which folder to navigate to and then cd /path/to/mounted/point

EDIT: @Takkat is right if you don't have your folder properly mounted you won't see it after typing mount - so give it a try, dwell a bit SE and get it right; good luck! btw - sorry for getting answer on this but considering my rep I cannot comment on questions.

edited Oct 05 '13 at 21:20

answered Oct 04 '13 at 15:03

java_xof

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I get this when using "mount". – MonsieurPoivron Oct 04 '13 at 15:35

How to navigate to Windows 7 shared folders from Ubuntu guest with terminal?

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