Mac OS X in a Nutshell

Name

csmount

Synopsis

csmount -helpcsmount -m mount_point ftp://[username:password@]ftp_server
[/pathname] [-d] [-D { mount | options | proc | select | all }] 
[-nodiskarb]

Mounts FTP archives as filesystem volumes.

Options

-d

Sends debugging output to standard error and prevents daemonization.

-D

Outputs debugging messages of the specified type. If the -d option is used, output is to standard error; otherwise via syslog. Multiple occurrences of this option may be used to specify multiple types.

-help

Prints a usage statement for automount—on which the code for csmount is based—to standard output.

-m

Provides the mount point and the FTP URL.

-nodiskarb

Neglects to inform Disk Arbitration of the presence of the mount so that it won’t show up, for example, in the output of disktool -l (except as an “Unrecognized disk” after a refresh with disktool -r).

mount_point

The directory on which the filesystem will be mounted. It must be an absolute pathname.

username

The login name to use with an FTP server that requires authentication.

password

The password to use with an FTP server that requires authentication. Note that this will leave the login password visible in a process listing.

ftp_server

The hostname or IP address of an FTP server.

pathname

The path to the directory you wish to access on the FTP server. If not provided, it defaults to the default FTP root directory (e.g., /Library/FTPServer/FTPRoot on Mac OS X Server).