Name
mount_hfs
Synopsis
mount_hfs [-w] [-omount_options
]device mount_point
mount_hfs [-e] [-x] [-uuser_ID
] [-ggroup_ID
] [-mmode
] [-omount_options
]device mount_point
Mounts HFS and HFS+ filesystems into the directory hierarchy. The first form is applicable to HFS+ volumes, the second to HFS.
Options
- -e
Set the character set encoding. Defaults to Roman.
- -g
Set group ownership on files. Defaults to the mount point’s group owner.
- -m
Set the maximum permissions for files. The argument is an octal mode, as described in the chmod manpage.
- -o
Take -o options as listed in the mount manpage.
- -u
Set ownership on files. Defaults to the mount point’s owner.
- -w
Mount an HFS+ volume with its HFS wrapper, if one exists. An HFS wrapper is required for the volume to boot Mac OS 9.
- -x
Disable execute permissions.
-
device
The disk device filename, e.g., /dev/disk0s5.
-
mount_point
The directory on which the filesystem is mounted.
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