Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

disktool

Synopsis

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
                  

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

-a

Add 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

Activate permissions on the volume, adding an entry to /var/db/volinfo.database if one doesn’t already exist.

-c

Specify UID of account to use when mounting disks.

-d

Remove 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

Deactivate permissions on the volume.

-e

Eject disk.

-g

Print HFS encoding on a volume to standard output.

-l

List disk volumes to standard output.

-m

Mount disk.

-n

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

-p

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

-r

Refresh Disk Arbitration tables.

-s

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

-S

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

-u

Unmount disk.

-x

Disallow dismounts and ejects.

-y

Allow dismounts ...