Sharing folders between VMware host and guest O.S.

1. Install VMware Tools. See http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1022048 and http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1022525
     . Virtual Machine -> Install VMware Tools
           sudo mkdir /mnt/vmtools
           sudo mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/vmtools
           cd /mnt/vmtools
           tar zxvf VMwareTools-x.x.x.tar.gz -C /tmp
           cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
           sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d
           sudo reboot

2. Configure share folder
     . Go to settings of the guest VM -> Sharing
           Setup the sharing folder

3. The location of the shared folder will be in /mnt/hgfs or /media/psf/

bash_profile for Mac

# reloads the prompt, usefull to take new modifications into account

alias reload="source ~/.bash_profile"

alias ll='ls -al'

alias ..="cd ../"

alias ...="cd ../../"

alias .3="cd ../../../"
alias .4="cd ../../../../"

#Find CPU hogs
alias cpu_hogs='ps wwaxr -o pid,stat,%cpu,time,command | head -10'

#recommended 'top' invocation to minimize resources
alias ttop="top -R -F -s 10 -o rsize"

# qfind: Quickly search for file alias qfind="find . -name "
alias qfind="find . -name "

# your public ip

alias ip="dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com"

# your local ip

alias localip="ifconfig | sed -En 's/127.0.0.1//;s/.*inet (addr:)?(([0-9]*\.){3}[0-9]*).*/\2/p'"

#   ---------------------------
#   6.  NETWORKING
#   ---------------------------

# netCons:      Show all open TCP/IP sockets
alias netCons='lsof -i'

# flushDNS:     Flush out the DNS Cache
alias flushDNS='dscacheutil -flushcache'

# lsock:        Display open sockets
alias lsock='sudo /usr/sbin/lsof -i -P'

# lsockU:       Display only open UDP sockets
alias lsockU='sudo /usr/sbin/lsof -nP | grep UDP'

# lsockT:       Display only open TCP sockets
alias lsockT='sudo /usr/sbin/lsof -nP | grep TCP'

# ipInfo0:      Get info on connections for en0
alias ipInfo0='ipconfig getpacket en0'

# ipInfo1:      Get info on connections for en1
alias ipInfo1='ipconfig getpacket en1'

# openPorts:    All listening connections
alias openPorts='sudo lsof -i | grep LISTEN'

# showBlocked:  All ipfw rules inc/ blocked IPs
alias showBlocked='sudo ipfw list'

#   ii:  display useful host related informaton
#   -------------------------------------------------------------------
    ii() {
        echo -e "\nYou are logged on ${RED}$HOST"
        echo -e "\nAdditionnal information:$NC " ; uname -a
        echo -e "\n${RED}Users logged on:$NC " ; w -h
        echo -e "\n${RED}Current date :$NC " ; date
        echo -e "\n${RED}Machine stats :$NC " ; uptime
        echo -e "\n${RED}Current network location :$NC " ; scselect
        echo -e "\n${RED}Public facing IP Address :$NC " ;myip
        #echo -e "\n${RED}DNS Configuration:$NC " ; scutil --dns
        echo

    }