public function runCommandAndIgnoreErrors($command)
{
// what are we doing?
$log = usingLog()->startAction("run command '{$command}' on host '{$this->args[0]}'");
// make sure we have valid host details
$hostDetails = $this->getHostDetails();
// get an object to talk to this host
$host = OsLib::getHostAdapter($this->st, $hostDetails->osName);
// run the command in the guest operating system
$result = $host->runCommand($hostDetails, $command);
// all done
$log->endAction();
return $result;
}