Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks, Second Edition

Name

autodiskmount

Synopsis

autodiskmount [-d] [-v] [-a] [-F [-V vol_name]]

Description

Automatically discovers and mounts disk volumes.

Options/Usage

-a

Mounts removable disk volumes, as well as volumes on fixed disks.

-d

Prints debugging information to standard output.

-F

Prints the device name and filesystem type of the largest unmounted HFS+ or UFS volume on an internal fixed disk to standard output. If all volumes are the same size, prints information for the first one found. If -a is specified, prints information for all such volumes.

-v

Should print a list of mounted volumes to standard error after it’s finished working, but does not work in Panther.

-V

Prints information only for the specified volume, if found.

Location

/sbin