disktool

disktool

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 disktool [-l  -r  -x  -y] disktool [-d  -e  -g  -m  -p  -u  -A  -D  -S]   device   disktool -s   device integer_flag   disktool -n   device vol_name   disktool -a   device vol_name vol_flags   disktool -c   userID   

Description

Controls disks, including mounting, unmounting, ejecting, enabling permissions, and volume naming. Most options require a device name argument (e.g., disk0 ), and some require additional parameters.

Options/Usage

-a

Adds disk to Disk Arbitration tables, to notify applications of a mounted volume. This is useful if you have forced a mount, thus bypassing standard notification.

-A

Activates permissions on the volume, adding an entry to /var/db/volinfo.database if one does not already exist.

-c

Specifies user ID of account to use when mounting disks.

-d

Removes disk from Disk Arbitration tables, to notify applications of a dismount. This is useful if you have forced a dismount, thus bypassing standard notification.

-D

Deactivates permissions on the volume.

-e

Ejects disk.

-g

Prints HFS encoding on a volume to standard output.

-l

Lists disk volumes to standard output.

-m

Mounts disk.

-n

Gives the device a new volume name. For HFS, HFS+, and UFS partitions only.

-p

Unmounts partition. Device name is that of a partition (e.g., disk0s5 ).

-r

Refreshes Disk Arbitration tables.

-s

Sets HFS encoding on a volume. Takes encoding as additional integer argument.

-S

Prints status of volume in /var/db/volinfo.database to standard output.

-u

Unmounts disk.

-x

Disallows dismounts and ejects.

-y

Allows dismounts and ejects.

Location

/usr/sbin