hfs.util8

Usage

Overview

The hfs.util command supports the mounting, probing, and unmounting of HFS+ file systems.

Options:

-a

Adopt permissions for the HFS file system at device

-I

Print out status information about the journal on the HFS file system at mountpoint

-J [size]

Enable journaling on the HFS file system mounted on mountpoint. An optional size may be specified (e.g. 32M for a 32 megabyte journal).

-k

Get the UUID key for the HFS file system at device.

-m

Mount the HFS file system located on device onto mountpoint with the flags mountflag1 mountflag2 mountflag3 mountflag4

-M

Force mount the HFS file system located on device onto mountpoint with the flags mountflag1 mountflag2 mountflag3 mountflag4. This is a deprecated option.

-N

Disable journaling on a HFS+ file system located at device

-p

Probe the device for an HFS file system using the flags mountflag1 mountflag2 mountflag3 mountflag4

-s

Set the UUID key (generates a new UUID value) for the HFS file system at device

-u

Unmount the HFS file system located at device

-U

Disable journaling on the HFS+ file system mounted on mountpoint

The mountflags referenced above are either:

• removable or fixed

• readonly or writeable

• suid or nosuid

• dev or nodev

Note that for the device references above, you must only supply the last component of the path to the device in question, such as disk0s2 rather than /dev/disk0s2.