Peter Young peteyoung
putnamhill
/ hdiutil-attach-detach.sh
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April 3, 2025 09:15
Steps to attach a dmg disk image using hdiutil while capturing the mount point and dev entry for detaching when done
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| dmg_path="$1" | |
| # use process redirection to capture the mount point and dev entry | |
| IFS=$'\n' read -rd '\n' mount_point dev_entry < <( | |
| # mount the diskimage (leave out -readonly if making changes to the file system) | |
| hdiutil attach -readonly -plist "$dmg_path" | \ |