hostclip

Overview ¶

Package hostclip sets the host machine's clipboard. It is used by the clipboard-paste text-entry path: set the host clipboard, let VirtualBox's shared clipboard sync it into the guest, then send a paste chord.

The server runs on the host, so the relevant OS is the host OS (which may be Linux, macOS, or Windows regardless of the guest OS). A GUI session and an appropriate clipboard helper must be available; headless hosts have no clipboard and Set returns a descriptive error.