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# VZDirectorySharingDevice

The base class that represents a directory sharing device in a VM.

```
class VZDirectorySharingDevice
```

## Overview

Don’t instantiate `VZDirectorySharingDevice` directly; configure a directory sharing device first by using [`VZVirtualMachineConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtualMachineConfiguration) through a subclass of [`VZDirectorySharingDeviceConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZDirectorySharingDeviceConfiguration).

When you create a [`VZVirtualMachine`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtualMachine) from the configuration, the directory sharing devices are available through the `VZVirtualMachine.directorySharingDevices` property.

The real type of `VZDirectorySharingDevice` corresponds to the type used by the configuration. For example, a [`VZVirtioFileSystemDeviceConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioFileSystemDeviceConfiguration) leads to a device of type [`VZVirtioFileSystemDevice`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioFileSystemDevice).

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