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cron | The cron utility is launched by launchd(8) when it sees the existence of /etc/crontab or files in /usr/lib/cron/tabs. There should be no need to start it manually. See /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vix.cron.plist for details. The cron utility searches /usr/lib/cron/tabs for crontab files which are named after acc... | cron – daemon to execute scheduled commands (Vixie Cron) | cron [-s] [-o] [-x debugflag[,...]] | null | null |
systemstats | The systemstats command shows a selection of statistics about system power usage. Run systemstats ---help to see a summary of command-line options. SEE ALSO systemstats_boot(8) macOS 14.5 November 5, 2012 macOS 14.5 | systemstats – summarize system stats | systemstats | null | null |
kextstat | The kextstat utility displays the status of any kexts currently loaded in the kernel. The following information is shown for each loaded kext: Index The load index of the kext (used to track linkage references). Gaps in the list indicate kexts that have been unloaded. Refs The number of references to this kex... | kextstat – display status of loaded kernel extensions (kexts) | kextstat [-a] [-h] [-k] [-l] [-b identifier] ... DEPRECATED The kextstat utility has been deprecated. Please use the kmutil(8) equivalent: kmutil showloaded. | These options are available: -a, -arch Print the architecture of the kext. -b identifier, -bundle-id identifier Display the status of only the kext with the given bundle identifier. This option trumps the -no-kernel option; if both are given and a kernel component is specified, its information is shown. -h, -help Prin... | null |
snquota | The snquota command manipulates the quota system in the Xsan volume. The quota system provides a means for limiting the amount of disk storage consumed on a per user or per group basis across an entire file system or within a designated directory hierarchy. Quota limits apply to the space consumed by disk-block alloca... | snquota - Xsan Quota Configuration Utility | snquota {-F_volume_name|-P_path} action [options] | -0 List, read, and set default limits. When specified with the -L action, the default limits are included in the list (if they are non-zero). When specified with the -G or -S actions, the default limits for the specified type of quota are read or written. When using -0, the argument for -u, -g, -d, or -fd should ... | List all the quota limits and values on a volume named "data". snquota -F data -L List all the quota limits and values on a volume named "data", but in cluster "cluster1". snquota -F data@cluster1 -L Specify a hard limit of ten gigabytes, a soft limit of nine gigabytes, and a grace period of one week on user "lisa" in ... |
cvlabel | cvlabel is used when configuring the Xsan File System disks. One host that has visibility to all the storage area network disk devices must create a list of disk labels, their associated device names and optionally the sectors to use. The mount_acfs(8) process uses the volume labels to determine which disk drive is to ... | cvlabel - Label Xsan Disk Devices (LUNs) | cvlabel -l [-agsv] [-F filter] cvlabel -L [-agv] [-F filter] cvlabel -j [-av] [-F filter] cvlabel -c [-T] [-F filter] cvlabel -C_format [-F filter] cvlabel -x cvlabel [-frRvw] [-q tag_q_depth] label_list cvlabel [-fw] -u_VolumeName cvlabel [-fw] -U_DeviceName cvlabel -D_VolumeName | -l, -L Use the -l option (short format) or the -L option (long format) to list usable disk devices on the system. -j Use the -j option (JSON format) to list usable disk devices on the system in a machine and human readable format. -u VolumeName Use the -u VolumeName option to unlabel the specified volume. -U Device... | List all the disk devices in a system. rock # cvlabel -L /dev/sda [ATA ST500NM0011 PA08] MBR Controller 'default', Serial '5000C5004FDC5C85', Sector Size 512, Sectors Max 976754703 (500.1GB) /dev/mapper/mpathai [Quantum StorNext QX H205] SNFS-EFI "dexter1d1" Controller '208000C0FF193C0F', Serial '600C0F... |
BlueTool | null | null | null | null | null |
sendmail | The Postfix sendmail(1) command implements the Postfix to Sendmail compatibility interface. For the sake of compatibility with existing applications, some Sendmail command-line options are recognized but silently ignored. By default, Postfix sendmail(1) reads a message from standard input until EOF or until it reads a... | sendmail - Postfix to Sendmail compatibility interface | sendmail [option ...] [recipient ...] mailq sendmail -bp newaliases sendmail -I | null | null |
systemkeychain | The systemkeychain can be used to create a system keychain, make it possible for a keychain to unlock another keychain, or test unlocking a keychain. The options are as follows: -C Create a keychain and establish it in the system as the primary system keychain whose unlocking is automatically handled by the system... | systemkeychain – creates system keychains and allows keychains to unlock keychains | systemkeychain [-fv] [-k filename] [-C] [password] systemkeychain [-fvc] [-k filename] [-s] [file ...] systemkeychain [-v] [-k filename] [-t] | null | null |
kcditto | kcditto is a helper tool for the staging of kext collection files. It looks for kext collection files on volume where the kcditto binary exists, and copies all the boot kext collections into the preboot volume where efiboot can find them. FILES /usr/local/sbin/kcidtto SEE ALSO kmutil(8), kernelmanagerd(8), kextcache(8... | kcditto – macOS kernel management helper tool DEPRECATED Please use bless. | null | null | null |
slapcat | Slapcat is used to generate an LDAP Directory Interchange Format (LDIF) output based upon the contents of a slapd(8) database. It opens the given database determined by the database number or suffix and writes the corresponding LDIF to standard output or the specified file. Databases configured as subordinate of this ... | slapcat - SLAPD database to LDIF utility | /usr/sbin/slapcat [-afilter] [-bsuffix] [-c] [-ddebug-level] [-fslapd.conf] [-Fconfdir] [-g] [-HURI] [-lldif-file] [-ndbnum] [-ooption[=value]] [-ssubtree-dn] [-v] | -a_filter Only dump entries matching the asserted filter. For example slapcat -a \ "(!(entryDN:dnSubtreeMatch:=ou=People,dc=example,dc=com))" will dump all but the "ou=People,dc=example,dc=com" subtree of the "dc=example,dc=com" database. Deprecated; use -H ldap:///???(filter) instead. -b_suffix Use the specified suf... | To make a text backup of your SLAPD database and put it in a file called ldif, give the command: /usr/sbin/slapcat -l ldif SEE ALSO ldap(3), ldif(5), slapadd(8), ldapadd(1), slapd(8) "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by T... |
ipconfig | ipconfig is a utility that communicates with the IPConfiguration agent to retrieve and set IP configuration parameters. It should only be used in a test and debug context. Using it for any other purpose is strongly discouraged. Public API's in the SystemConfiguration framework are currently the only supported way to a... | ipconfig – view and control IP configuration state | ipconfig waitall ipconfig getifaddr interface-name ipconfig ifcount ipconfig getoption interface-name (option-name | option-code) ipconfig getpacket interface-name ipconfig getv6packet interface-name ipconfig getra interface-name ipconfig getsummary interface-name ipconfig getsummary interface-name ipconfig getdhcpduid... | null | # ipconfig getpacket en0 op = BOOTREPLY htype = 1 dp_flags = 0 hlen = 6 hops = 0 xid = 1956115059 secs = 0 ciaddr = 0.0.0.0 yiaddr = 192.168.4.10 siaddr = 192.168.4.1 giaddr = 0.0.0.0 chaddr = 0:3:93:7a:d7:5c sname = dhcp.mycompany.net file = options: Options count is 10 dhcp_message_type (uint8): ACK 0x5 server_identi... |
auditreduce | The auditreduce utility selects records from the audit trail files based on the specified criteria. Matching audit records are printed to the standard output in their raw binary form. If no file argument is specified, the standard input is used by default. Use the praudit(1) utility to print the selected audit records... | auditreduce – select records from audit trail files SYNOPSIS (NOW DEPRECATED) auditreduce [-A] [-a YYYYMMDD[HH[MM[SS]]]] [-b YYYYMMDD[HH[MM[SS]]]] [-c flags] [-d YYYYMMDD] [-e euid] [-f egid] [-g rgid] [-j id] [-m event] [-o object=value] [-r ruid] [-U] [-u auid] [-v] [file ...] | null | null | To select all records associated with effective user ID root from the audit log /var/audit/20031016184719.20031017122634: auditreduce -e root \ /var/audit/20031016184719.20031017122634 To select all setlogin(2) events from that log: auditreduce -m AUE_SETLOGIN \ /var/audit/20031016184719.20031017122634 Output from the ... |
cvadmin | cvadmin is an interactive command used for general purpose administration of an Xsan volume including: 1. displaying file system and client status 2. activating a file system currently in stand-by mode 3. viewing storage pool attributes 4. enabling File System Manager (FSM) tracing 5. displaying disk and path informati... | cvadmin - Administer an Xsan File System | cvadmin [-H FSMHostName] [-F VolumeName] [-M] [-n] [-x] [-f filename] [-e command1 -e command2...] | Invoke cvadmin to start the interactive session and list the running File System Managers (FSMs). (Note: Xsan system services must be started prior to running cvadmin. In particular, the local fsmpm(8) process must be active.) The initial output shows the running FSMs grouped by the cluster in which they are located.... | Invoke the cvadmin command for volume named snfs1. [root@dev-snc-daiquiri-n1 debug]# cvadmin -F snfs1 StorNext Administrator Enter command(s) For command help, enter "help" or "?". List FSS File System Services (* indicates service is in control of FS): Selected Cluster: _cluster0/_addom0 Cluster: _cluster0/_addom0 1>*... |
WirelessRadioManagerd | WirelessRadioManagerd manages multiple radio coexistence policy. WirelessRadioManagerd should not be invoked directly. macOS 14.5 7/31/2019 macOS 14.5 | WirelessRadioManagerd – Wireless Radio Manager daemon | WirelessRadioManagerd | null | null |
apachectl | null | apachectl - Apache HTTP Server Control Interface | When acting in pass-through mode, apachectl can take all the arguments available for the httpd binary. apachectl [ httpd-argument ] When acting in SysV init mode, apachectl takes simple, one-word commands, defined below. apachectl command SUMMARY apachectl is a front end to the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)... | Only the SysV init-style options are defined here. Other arguments are defined on the httpd manual page. start Loads the org.apache.httpd launchd job. stop, graceful-stop Unloads the org.apache.httpd launchd job. restart, graceful Unloads, then loads the org.apache.httpd launchd job. fullstatus Displays a full status ... | null |
htcacheclean | null | htcacheclean - Clean up the disk cache | htcacheclean [ -D ] [ -v ] [ -t ] [ -r ] [ -n ] [ -Rround ] -ppath [ -llimit ] [ -Llimit ] htcacheclean [ -n ] [ -t ] [ -i ] [ -Ppidfile ] [ -Rround ] -dinterval -ppath [ -llimit ] [ -Llimit ] htcacheclean [ -v ] [ -Rround ] -ppath [ -a ] [ -A ] htcacheclean [ -D ] [ -v ] [ -t ] [ -Rround ] -ppath url SUMMARY htcachecl... | -dinterval Daemonize and repeat cache cleaning every interval minutes. This option is mutually exclusive with the -D, -v and -r options. To shutdown the daemon cleanly, just send it a SIGTERM or SIGINT. -D Do a dry run and don't delete anything. This option is mutually exclusive with the -d option. When doing a dry... | null |
mount_hfs | The mount_hfs command attaches the HFS file system residing on the device special to the global file system namespace at the location indicated by directory. This command is normally executed by mount(8) at boot time. The options are as follows: -u user Set the owner of the files in the file system to user. The defau... | mount_hfs – mount an HFS+ file system | mount_hfs [-e encoding] [-u user] [-g group] [-m mask] [-o options] [-j] [-c] [-w] [-x] special directory | null | null |
mount_apfs | The mount_apfs command attaches the APFS volume indicated by the device special to the global file system namespace at the location indicated by directory. This command is normally executed by diskarbitrationd(8) or mount(8) at boot time. The special parameter should be the path to an APFS pseudo disk device node, suc... | mount_apfs – mount an APFS volume | mount_apfs [-o options] [-u user] [-g group] special directory mount_apfs [-o options] -s snapshot pathname directory | null | null |
md5 | The md5 utility takes as input a message of arbitrary length and produces as output a “fingerprint” or “message digest” of the input. It is conjectured that it is computationally infeasible to produce two messages having the same message digest, or to produce any message having a given prespecified target message dige... | md5 – calculate a message-digest fingerprint (checksum) for a file | md5 [-pqrtx] [-s string] [file ...] | null | null |
fsck | The first form of fsck preens a standard set of filesystems or the specified filesystems. It is normally used in the script /etc/rc during automatic reboot. Here fsck reads the filesystem descriptor table (using getfsent(3)) to determine which filesystems to check. Only partitions that have ``rw,'' ``rq'' or ``ro'' a... | fsck – filesystem consistency check and interactive repair | fsck -p [-f] fsck [-l maxparallel] [-q] [-y] [-n] [-d] | null | null |
mount_udf | The mount_udf command attaches the UDF filesystem residing on the device devicePath to the global filesystem namespace at the location indicated by mountPath. This command is normally executed by mount(8) at boot time. The options are as follows: -o options Options are specified with a -o flag followed by a comma sepa... | mount_udf – mount a UDF filesystem | mount_udf [-o options] [-s sessionStart] [-n lastRecordedLBA] [-b blockSize] [-p packetSizeInBlocks] [-v verificationPolicy] [-w] devicePath mountPath | null | null |
quotacheck | Quotacheck examines each filesystem, builds a table of current disk usage, and compares this table against that recorded in the disk quota file for the filesystem. If any inconsistencies are detected, both the quota file and the current system copy of the incorrect quotas are updated (the latter only occurs if an acti... | quotacheck – filesystem quota consistency checker | quotacheck [-g] [-u] [-v] filesystem ... quotacheck [-g] [-u] [-v] -a | null | null |
mount_cd9660 | The mount_cd9660 command attaches the ISO-9660 filesystem residing on the device special to the global filesystem namespace at the location indicated by node. This command is normally executed by mount(8) at boot time. The options are as follows: -e Enable the use of extended attributes. -g Do not strip vers... | mount_cd9660 – mount an ISO-9660 filesystem | mount_cd9660 [-egjr] [-o options] [-s startsector] special node | null | null |
ping | The ping utility uses the ICMP protocol's mandatory ECHO_REQUEST datagram to elicit an ICMP ECHO_RESPONSE from a host or gateway. ECHO_REQUEST datagrams (“pings”) have an IP and ICMP header, followed by a “struct timeval” and then an arbitrary number of “pad” bytes used to fill out the packet. The options are as foll... | ping – send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts | ping [-AaCDdfnoQqRrv] [-b boundif] [-c count] [-G sweepmaxsize] [-g sweepminsize] [-h sweepincrsize] [-i wait] [-k trafficclass] [-K netservicetype] [-l preload] [-M mask | time] [-m ttl] [-P policy] [-p pattern] [-S src_addr] [-s packetsize] [-t timeout] [-W waittime] [-z tos] [--apple-connect] [--apple-time] host pin... | null | null |
fsck_exfat | The fsck_exfat utility verifies and repairs ExFAT file systems. The first form of fsck_exfat quickly checks the specified file systems to determine whether they were cleanly unmounted. The second form of fsck_exfat checks the specified file systems and tries to repair all detected problems, requesting confirmation befo... | fsck_exfat – Verify and repair ExFAT file systems. | fsck_exfat -q device ... fsck_exfat [-f] [-p] [-y | -n] [-g | -x] [-S -path_prefix] [-d] device ... | null | null |
mount_exfat | The mount_exfat command mounts the ExFAT filesystem from the device device onto the directory given by directory. This command is normally invoked by diskarbitrationd(8) as the result of detecting a device with a file system recognized as ExFAT. It can also be invoked indirectly by executing the mount(8) command with... | mount_exfat – mount an ExFAT file system | mount_exfat [-o options] [-u uid] [-g gid] [-m mask] device directory | null | null |
fsck_udf | The fsck_udf command examines a UDF filesystem residing on devicePath for correctness. SEE ALSO mount_udf(8) BUGS Currently does not perform any repairs. HISTORY The fsck_udf utility first appeared in Mac OS X. macOS 14.5 March 10, 2008 macOS 14.5 | fsck_udf – check a UDF filesystem | fsck_udf [-b blocksize] [-L] [-p] [-D] devicePath | null | null |
shutdown | The shutdown utility provides an automated shutdown procedure for super- users to nicely notify users when the system is shutting down, saving them from system administrators, hackers, and gurus, who would otherwise not bother with such niceties. The following options are available: -h The system is halted and pow... | shutdown – close down the system at a given time | shutdown [-] [-h | -p | -r | -s | -k] [-o [-n]] time [warning-message ...] | null | Reboot the system in 30 minutes and display a warning message on the terminals of all users currently logged in: # shutdown -r +30 "System will reboot" COMPATIBILITY The hours and minutes in the second time format may be separated by a colon (``:'') for backward compatibility. SEE ALSO kill(1), login(1), wall(1), nolog... |
route | Route is a utility used to manually manipulate the network routing tables. It normally is not needed, as a system routing table management daemon such as routed(8), should tend to this task. The route utility supports a limited number of general options, but a rich command language, enabling the user to specify any ar... | route – manually manipulate the routing tables | route [-dnqtv] command [[modifiers] args] | null | null |
mount_webdav | The mount_webdav command mounts the WebDAV-enabled server directory at [scheme://]host[:port][/path] at the mount point indicated by node. The user and group IDs for all files and directories are set to unknown, and the permissions default to read, write and execute for user, group and other. The arguments and options ... | mount_webdav – mount a WebDAV filesystem | mount_webdav [-s] [-S] [-i] [-v volume_name] [-o options] [scheme://]host[:port][/path] node | null | The following example illustrates how to mount the WebDAV-enabled server directory http://idisk.mac.com/membername/ at the mount point /Volumes/mntpnt/. Note: The mountpoint directory /Volumes/mntpnt/ must be created before issuing the mount_webdav command. mount_webdav http://idisk.mac.com/membername/ /Volumes/mntpnt/... |
fsck_hfs | The fsck_hfs utility verifies and repairs HFS+ file systems. The first form of fsck_hfs quickly checks the specified file systems to determine whether they were cleanly unmounted. The second form of fsck_hfs preens the specified file systems. It is normally started by fsck(8) run from /etc/rc.boot during automatic reb... | fsck_hfs – HFS file system consistency check | fsck_hfs -q [-df] special ... fsck_hfs -p [-df] special ... fsck_hfs [-n | -y | -r] [-dfgxlES] [-D flags] [-b size] [-B path] [-m mode] [-c size] [-R flags] special ... | null | null |
nfsd | nfsd runs on an NFS server machine to service NFS and MOUNT protocol requests from NFS client machines. In order for a machine to act as an NFS server an NFS exports file, /etc/exports, must exist and the nfsd service must be enabled. nfsd listens for NFS service requests at the port indicated in the NFS server specif... | nfsd – NFS server daemon | nfsd [command] nfsd [-F exports_file] checkexports nfsd [-NRrtuv] [-F exports_file] [-n num_servers] [-p nfsport] [-P mountport] [command] | null | null |
reboot | The halt and reboot utilities flush the file system cache to disk, send all running processes a SIGTERM (and subsequently a SIGKILL) and, respectively, halt or restart the system. The action is logged, including entering a shutdown record into the user accounting database. When the system is halted with the halt comman... | halt, reboot – stopping and restarting the system | halt [-lNnq] reboot [-lNnq] | null | null |
nfsiod | nfsiod is deprecated. See nfs.conf(5) for NFS configuration info. nfsiod controls the maximum number of asynchronous I/O threads used for NFS mounts. Historically, it has consisted of a daemon that never exits. However, asynchronous I/O requests are now serviced by threads launched on demand in the kernel and the nfs... | nfsiod – local NFS asynchronous I/O | nfsiod [-n num_threads] | null | null |
fsck_cs | The fsck_cs utility verifies and repairs CoreStorage logical volume group metadata. The device parameter(s) should be path(s) to the "raw" (character special) disk device(s) such as /dev/rdisk1s1 that constitute the CoreStorage logical volume group. If you specify a "non-raw" (block special) path such as /dev/disk1s1, ... | fsck_cs – verify and repair CoreStorage logical volume groups | fsck_cs -q device ... fsck_cs -p device ... fsck_cs [-y | -n] [-x | -g] [-l logfile] device ... | null | null |
fsck_apfs | The fsck_apfs utility verifies and repairs APFS containers and volumes. fsck_apfs checks the specified APFS containers and volumes and tries to repair all detected inconsistencies. Because of inconsistencies between the block device and the buffer cache, the raw device should always be used. In its current state, fsck_... | fsck_apfs – APFS consistency check | fsck_apfs [-n | -y] [-q] [-l] [-s] [-S] [-o] [-b num] [-c] [-C] [-d] [-E path] [-F | -M] [-g | -x] [-W] [-T] [-D] device | null | null |
fstyp_msdos | The fstyp_msdos utility is not intended to be run directly, but rather called by fstyp(8) while it is trying to determine which file system type is present on the given device. It returns 1 if it thinks the device contains an MSDOS FAT volume, and 0 otherwise. SEE ALSO fstyp(8) macOS 14.5 August 15, 2005 macOS... | fstyp_msdos – check for an MSDOS FAT volume | fstyp_msdos device | null | null |
disklabel | The disklabel utility manipulates ``Apple Label'' partition metadata. ``Apple Label'' partitions allow for a disk device to have a consistent name, ownership, and permissions across reboots, even though uses a dynamic pseudofilesystem for /dev. The ``Apple Label'' partition uses a set of metadata (as a plist) in a rese... | disklabel – manipulate and query an Apple Label disk label | disklabel -create disk-device [-msize=size] [property=value] [...] disklabel -status disk-device disklabel -properties disk-device [property[=value]] [...] disklabel -destroy disk-device | null | The following example will create a device with 1MByte of metadata area, owned by fred, with a device name of fred, and be writable by fred: disklabel -create /dev/rdisk1s1 -msize=1M owner-uid=fred dev-name=fred owner-mode=0644 The following example will then print out the key-value pairs from the above: disklabel -pro... |
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mount_msdos | The mount_msdos command attaches the MS-DOS filesystem residing on the device special to the global filesystem namespace at the location indicated by node. This command is normally executed by mount(8) at boot time, but can be used by any user to mount an MS-DOS file system on any directory that they own (provided, of... | mount_msdos – mount an MS-DOS file system | mount_msdos [-o options] [-u uid] [-g gid] [-m mask] special node | null | null |
fsck_msdos | The fsck_msdos utility verifies and repairs FAT file systems (more commonly known as DOS file systems). The first form of fsck_msdos quickly checks the specified file systems to determine whether they were cleanly unmounted. The second form of fsck_msdos preens the specified file systems. It is normally started by fsc... | fsck_msdos – DOS/Windows (FAT) file system consistency check | fsck_msdos -q special ... fsck_msdos -p [-f] special ... fsck_msdos [-fny] special ... | null | null |
ifconfig | The ifconfig utility is used to assign an address to a network interface and/or configure network interface parameters. The following options are available: address For the DARPA-Internet family, the address is either a host name present in the host name data base, hosts(5), or a DARPA Internet address expressed in the... | ifconfig – configure network interface parameters | ifconfig [-L] [-m] [-r] [-f type:format] interface [create] [address_family] [address [dest_address]] [parameters] ifconfig interface destroy ifconfig -a [-L] [-d] [-m] [-r] [-u] [-v] [-f type:format] [address_family] ifconfig -l [-d] [-u] [address_family] ifconfig [-L] [-d] [-m] [-r] [-u] [-v] [-C] [-f type:format] if... | null | Assign the IPv4 address 192.0.2.10, with a network mask of 255.255.255.0, to the interface en0: # ifconfig en0 inet 192.0.2.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 Add the IPv4 address 192.0.2.45, with the CIDR network prefix /28, to the interface en0, using add as a synonym for the canonical form of the option alias: # ifconfig en0 ... |
halt | The halt and reboot utilities flush the file system cache to disk, send all running processes a SIGTERM (and subsequently a SIGKILL) and, respectively, halt or restart the system. The action is logged, including entering a shutdown record into the user accounting database. When the system is halted with the halt comman... | halt, reboot – stopping and restarting the system | halt [-lNnq] reboot [-lNnq] | null | null |
mount_9p | The mount_9p command mounts the 9P filesystem associated with fs_tag. The options are as follows: -r Mount filesystem as read-only. DIAGNOSTICS The mount_9p utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. SEE ALSO mount(2), unmount(2), fstab(5), mount(8) Mac OS X April 18, 2019 Mac OS X | mount_9p – mount a 9P volume | mount_9p [-r] fs_tag | null | null |
newfs_apfs | The newfs_apfs command creates a new APFS container on the device and/or adds a new APFS volume to a container. The first, more traditional, form of newfs_apfs formats the given special as a container with a single volume inside it. The second form creates a container only, with no volumes. The third form is used to ... | newfs_apfs – construct a new APFS volume | newfs_apfs [-o options] [-i] [-b block-size] [-s volume-size | -q volume-quota -r volume-reserve] [-v volume-name] [-E] [-R role] special newfs_apfs -C [-o options] [-i] [-b block-size] special newfs_apfs -A [-o options] [-i] [-s volume-size | -q volume-quota -r volume-reserve] [-v volume-name] [-E -W (empty password) ... | null | The following formats a new container and a volume named "Macintosh" on the /dev/disk1s2 device: newfs_apfs -v Macintosh disk1s2 And then this adds another volume, named "Data" with a fixed size of 100 GB, to that container: newfs_apfs -v Data -s 100g -A disk1s2 SEE ALSO mount_apfs(8) HISTORY The newfs_apfs utility fir... |
umount | The umount command unmounts a mounted filesystem (volume), removing it from the filesystem namespace. It calls the unmount(2) system call to remove a special device or the remote node (rhost:path) from the filesystem tree at the point node. If either special or node are not provided, the appropriate information is ta... | umount – unmount filesystems | umount [-fv] special | node umount -a | -A [-fv] [-h host] [-t type] | null | null |
fstyp | The fstyp utility attempts to determine what sort of volume is present on the given device. It operates by iterating over directories that are typically part of the path, searching for files matching the pattern fstyp_* and running them. If it finds a match, it will print out the file system type name and exit with a r... | fstyp – identify a file system | fstyp device | null | null |
kextunload | The kextunload program is used to terminate and unregister I/O Kit objects associated with a kernel extension (kext) and to unload the code and personalities for that kext. kextunload must run with superuser privileges. If another loaded kext has a dependency on the kext being unloaded, the unload will fail. You can d... | kextunload – terminate driver I/O Kit driver instances and unload kernel extensions (kexts) | kextunload [options] [--] [kext ...] DEPRECATED The kextunload utility has been deprecated. Please use the kmutil(8) equivalent: kmutil unload. | null | null |
mpioutil | mpioutil is a utility to manage multiple paths to a SCSI Logical Unit. VERBS, DIRECT OBJECTS, AND SPECIFIC ARGUMENTS list Lists all multipathed logical units. info -i <lun identifier> Get information on a multipathed logical unit. The -i flag may also be expressed as --id. modify lun -i <lun identifier> -a <load balan... | mpioutil – Tool for configuring paths to multipathed logical units. | mpioutil verb direct-object arguments | null | mpioutil list Lists all multipathed logical units. mpioutil info --id 22F2000155A508ED Get information for a multipathed lun with id 22F2000155A508ED. mpioutil modify lun --id 22F2000155A508ED --algorithm RoundRobin --batchCount 16 Modify a multipathed lun's algorithm to be RoundRobin with a batch count of 16. mpioutil... |
fstyp_ntfs | The fstyp_ntfs utility is not intended to be run directly, but rather called by fstyp(8) while it is trying to determine which file system type is present on the given device. It returns 1 if it thinks the device contains a Windows NT File System (NTFS) volume, and 0 otherwise. SEE ALSO fstyp(8) macOS 14.5 Sept... | fstyp_ntfs – check for a Windows NT File System (NTFS) volume | fstyp_ntfs device | null | null |
mount_nfs | The mount_nfs command calls the mount(2) system call to prepare and graft a remote NFS file system ( server:/path ) on to the file system tree at the point directory. This command is expected to be executed by the mount(8) command. Direct use of mount_nfs to mount NFS file systems is strongly discouraged because there... | mount_nfs – mount NFS file systems | mount_nfs [-o options] server:/path directory | null | The simplest way to invoke mount_nfs is with a command like: mount remotehost:/filesystem /localmountpoint or: mount -t nfs remotehost:/filesystem /localmountpoint PERFORMANCE As can be derived from the comments accompanying the options, performance tuning of NFS can be a non-trivial task. Here are some common points ... |
newfs_udf | The newfs_udf command builds the UDF filesystem on the specified special device. The options are as follows: General options: -N Causes the file system parameters to be printed out without really creating the file system. -w Stop processing on warnings, default: no --wipefs yes|no Whether wipe existing file s... | newfs_udf – construct a new UDF file system. | newfs_udf [-Ndeouw] [-b block-size] [-D defect-file-name] [--dup-meta-part-file] [-E ecc-in-blks] [--enc encoding-name] [-v vol-name] [-m media-type] [--meta-part-alloc-unit n] [--meta-part-align-unit n] [--meta-part-init-size n] [-p packet-size] [-r rev] [-s size] [-S start-block-address] [--spare-blks n] [-t access-t... | null | null |
mount_ftp | The mount_ftp command mounts a FTP-enabled server directory at ftp://host[:port][/path] at the mount point indicated by node. If the -i option is not used, all the required information to establish a login to the remote server must be available in the ftp URL, including username & password if needed. The user ID for al... | mount_ftp – mount a FTP filesystem | mount_ftp [-i] [-o options] ftp://host[:port][/path] node | null | The following example illustrates how to mount the FTP-enabled server directory ftp.apple.com/ at the mount point /Volumes/mntpnt/ mount_ftp ftp://ftp.apple.com/ /Volumes/mntpnt/ SEE ALSO mount(2), unmount(2), mount(8) HISTORY The mount_ftp command first appeared Mac OS X Version 10.2. RETURN VALUES 0 mount_ftp succe... |
pfctl | The pfctl utility communicates with the packet filter device. It allows ruleset and parameter configuration and retrieval of status information from the packet filter. Packet filtering restricts the types of packets that pass through network interfaces entering or leaving the host based on filter rules as described in... | pfctl – control the packet filter (PF) and network address translation (NAT) device | pfctl [-AdeghmNnOqRrvz] [-a anchor] [-D macro= value] [-F modifier] [-f file] [-i interface] [-K host | network] [-k host | network] [-o level] [-p device] [-s modifier] [-t table -T command [address ...]] [-x level] | null | null |
mknod | The mknod command creates device special files, or fifos. To make nodes manually, the arguments are: -r Replace an existing file if its type is incorrect. -R Replace an existing file if its type is incorrect. Correct the mode, user and group. -F fmt Create device nodes that may be used by an operating sy... | mknod – make device special file | mknod [-rR] [-F fmt] [-g gid] [-m mode] name [c | b] [driver | major] minor mknod [-rR] [-F fmt] [-g gid] [-m mode] name [c | b] major unit subunit mknod [-rR] [-g gid] [-m mode] name [c | b] number mknod [-rR] [-g gid] [-m mode] name p mknod -l | null | null |
fstyp_udf | The fstyp_udf utility is not intended to be run directly, but rather called by fstyp(8) while it is trying to determine which file system type is present on the given device. It returns 1 if it thinks the device contains a UDF volume, and 0 otherwise. SEE ALSO fstyp(8) macOS 14.5 August 15, 2005 macOS 14.5 | fstyp_udf – check for a UDF volume | fstyp_udf device | null | null |
dmesg | Dmesg displays the contents of the system message buffer. This command needs to be run as root. SEE ALSO syslogd(8) HISTORY The dmesg command appeared in 4.0BSD. BSD 4 June 5, 1993 BSD 4 | dmesg – display the system message buffer | dmesg [-M core] [-N system] | null | null |
mount | The mount command calls the mount(2) system call to prepare and graft a special device or the remote node (rhost:path) on to the file system tree at the point mount_point, which must be a directory. If either special or mount_point are not provided, the appropriate information is obtained via the getfsent(3) library r... | mount – mount file systems | mount [-adfrkuvw] [-t lfs | external_type] mount [-dfrkuvw] special | mount_point mount [-dfrkuvw] [-o options] [-t lfs | external_type] special mount_point | null | null |
fibreconfig | null | fibreconfig – Tool for configuring settings for Fibre Channel controllers and targets. | fibreconfig [-r] [-c xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx] [-a AL_PA] [-s port_speed] [-t topology_type] [-l] [-v] | The available options are as follows: -r Dynamically updates system settings. Note: Cannot be used in conjunction with -c option. -c Defines the host port used for an operation. By default, if no other options are specified, fibreconfig will display information about the specified host port. -a Sets the AL_PA for... | 1. Set the AL_PA to 1E for a given host port. fibreconfig -c 00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77 -a 1E 2. Disable the AL_PA for a given host port. fibreconfig -c 00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77 -a FF 3. Set the speed to auto for a given host port. fibreconfig -c 00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77 -s auto 4. Set the topology to nlport for a g... |
fstyp_hfs | The fstyp_hfs utility is not intended to be run directly, but rather called by fstyp(8) while it is trying to determine which file system type is present on the given device. It returns 1 if it thinks the device contains an HFS volume, and 0 otherwise. SEE ALSO fstyp(8) macOS 14.5 August 15, 2005 macOS 14.5 | fstyp_hfs – check for an HFS volume | fstyp_hfs device | null | null |
newfs_hfs | Newfs_hfs builds an HFS Plus file system on the specified special device. Before running newfs_hfs the disk should be partitioned using the Disk Utility application or pdisk(8). The file system default parameters are calculated based on the size of the disk partition. Typically the defaults are reasonable, however newf... | newfs_hfs – construct a new HFS Plus file system | newfs_hfs [-N] [-U uid] [-G gid] [-M mask] [-P] [-s] [-b block-size] [-c clump-size-list] [-i first-cnid] [-J [journal-size]] [-D journal-device] [-n node-size-list] [-v volume-name] special newfs_hfs -N partition-size [-U uid] [-G gid] [-M mask] [-P] [-h | -w] [-s] [-b block-size] [-c clump-size-list] [-i first-cnid] ... | null | null |
dynamic_pager | The dynamic_pager daemon can be used to specify a base name for swapfile names using the "-F" command line option or by modifying the configuration plist file. | dynamic_pager – swap configuration daemon | dynamic_pager [-F filename] | -F The base name of the filename to use for the swapfiles. By default this is /private/var/vm/swapfile. FILES /private/var/vm/swapfile* Swapfiles. /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist Configuration file. macOS July 8, 2003 macOS | null |
launchd | launchd manages processes, both for the system as a whole and for individual users. The primary and preferred interface to launchd is via the launchctl(1) tool which (among other options) allows the user or administrator to load and unload jobs. Where possible, it is preferable for jobs to launch on demand based on cri... | launchd – System wide and per-user daemon/agent manager | null | null | null |
newfs_exfat | The newfs_exfat utility creates an ExFAT file system on device special. If the -R option is not given, and the device is already formatted as ExFAT, it will preserve the partition offset, bytes per cluster, FAT offset and size, number of FATs, offset to start of clusters, number of clusters, volume serial number, and v... | newfs_exfat – construct a new ExFAT file system | newfs_exfat [-N] [-R] [-I volume-serial-number] [-S bytes-per-sector] [-a sectors-per-FAT] [-b bytes-per-cluster] [-c sectors-per-cluster] [-n number-of-FATs] [-s total-sectors] [-v volume-name] special | null | newfs_exfat /dev/disk0s1 Create a file system, using default parameters (or existing ExFAT layout), on /dev/rdisk0s1. newfs_exfat -v Hello disk2s1 Create a file system with the name "Hello" on /dev/rdisk2s1. SEE ALSO mount_exfat(8), fsck_exfat(8) DIAGNOSTICS Exit status is 0 on success and 1 on error. HISTORY The newfs... |
apfs_unlockfv | The apfs_unlockfv utility unlocks an APFS-formatted FileVault-encrypted data volume. The path parameter is optional, but if provided should be a path on a mounted APFS System volume. (This volume must have the System role, and must be in a volume group with a locked Data volume.) If path is not provided, apfs_unlockf... | apfs_unlockfv – unlock an APFS FileVault data volume | apfs_unlockfv [-h] apfs_unlockfv [-W] [path] | null | null |
apfs_hfs_convert | The apfs_hfs_convert command converts an existing HFS file system to a new APFS file system. It is recommended not to run the apfs_hfs_convert directly, but to run `diskutil apfs convert`. The device-path parameter should be the path to a disk device node, such as /dev/disk1s2, with an existing HFS file system, which n... | apfs_hfs_convert – convert an existing HFS file system to APFS file system | apfs_hfs_convert [-D] [-g] [-e] [-v] [-i] [-S path] [-n] [-f] [-F index] [-M mount_path] [-o nx-apfs-format] <device-path> | null | The following converts the HFS file system on the /dev/disk1s2 device: apfs_hfs_convert -v /dev/disk1s2 SEE ALSO mount_apfs(8) , newfs_apfs(8) HISTORY The apfs_hfs_convert utility first appeared in OS X 10.12. Mac OS X September 15, 2015 Mac OS X |
nologin | The nologin is intended as a replacement shell field for accounts that have been disabled. When executed, nologin first writes about the login attempt to syslog(3) and then displays a message that an account is not available. To disable all logins, investigate nologin(5). EXIT STATUS The nologin utility always exits no... | nologin – politely refuse a login | nologin | null | null |
mount_afp | The mount_afp command mounts the AFP volume denoted by the afp_url afp://[user[;AUTH=uamname][:password]@]host[:port]/volumename at the mount point indicated by node. This command is normally executed by mount(8) when the -t afp option is used. If the -i option is not used, all the required information to establish a l... | mount_afp – mount an afp (AppleShare) filesystem | mount_afp [-i] [-s] [-k] [-o options] afp_url node | null | The following example illustrates how to mount the afp volume server.company.com/volumename/ at the mount point /Volumes/mntpnt: mkdir /Volumes/mntpnt mount_afp afp://username:userpass@server.company.com/volumename/ /Volumes/mntpnt This example shows the proper url to use to mount the volume guestVolume from the afp se... |
mount_virtiofs | The mount_virtiofs command attaches the virtio-fs file system associated with fs_tag to the global file system namespace at the location indicated by directory. The options are as follows: -r Mount file system as read-only. -u Set the owner of the files in the file system to uid. The uid may be a username or a... | mount_virtiofs – mount a virtio-fs volume | mount_virtiofs [-r] [-u uid] [-g gid] fs_tag directory | null | null |
mount_smbfs | The mount_smbfs command mounts a share from a remote server using SMB/CIFS protocol. The options are as follows: -N Do not ask for a password. At run time, mount_smbfs reads the ~/Library/Preferences/nsmb.conf file for additional configuration parameters and a password. If no password is found, mount_smbfs promp... | mount_smbfs – mount a shared resource from an SMB file server | mount_smbfs [-N] [-o options] [-d mode] [-f mode] [-h] [-s] [-t gmt_token] [-v] //[domain;][user[:password]@]server[/share] path | null | This example shows the proper url to use to mount the share PUBLIC from the SMB server myserver : mkdir /smb/public mount -t smbfs //username:userpass@myserver/PUBLIC /smb/public This example shows the proper url to use to mount the share PUBLIC from the SMB server myserver as guest: mkdir /smb/public mount -t smbfs //... |
mount_tmpfs | The mount_tmpfs command creates a new tmpfs (in-memory file system) volume and attaches it to the global file system namespace at the location indicated by directory. The options are as follows: -o options Options passed to mount(2) are specified with the -o option followed by a comma separated string of options... | mount_tmpfs – mount a tmpfs volume | mount_tmpfs [-o options] [-i | -e] [-n max_nodes] [-s max_mem_size] directory | null | null |
ping6 | The ping6 utility uses the ICMPv6 protocol's mandatory ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST datagram to elicit an ICMP6_ECHO_REPLY from a host or gateway. ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST datagrams (``pings'') have an IPv6 header, and ICMPv6 header formatted as documented in RFC2463. The options are as follows: -a addrtype Generate ICMPv6 Node Infor... | ping6 – send ICMPv6 ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts | ping6 [-CDdfHmnNoqtvwW] [-a addrtype] [-b bufsiz] [-B boundif] [-c count] [-G sweepmaxsize[,sweepminsize[,sweepincrsize]]] [-g gateway] [-G sweep] [-h hoplimit] [-I interface] [-i wait] [-k trafficclass] [-K netservicetype] [-l preload] [-P policy] [-p pattern] [-S sourceaddr] [-s packetsize] [-z tclass] [--apple-conne... | null | Normally, ping6 works just like ping(8) would work; the following will send ICMPv6 echo request to dst.foo.com. ping6 -n dst.foo.com The following will probe hostnames for all nodes on the network link attached to wi0 interface. The address ff02::1 is named the link-local all-node multicast address, and the packet wou... |
kextload | The kextload program is used to explicitly load kernel extensions (kexts). For most kexts, kextload must run as the superuser (root). Kexts installed under /System/ with an OSBundleAllowUserLoad property set to true may be loaded via kextload by non-root users. Notice: On Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), the developer fu... | kextload – load kernel extensions (kexts) into the kernel | kextload [options] [--] [kext ...] DEPRECATED The kextload utility has been deprecated. Please use the kmutil(8) equivalent: kmutil load. | null | To load a kext, run kextload and supply a kext bundle name; no options are required: kextload TabletDriver.kext Alternatively, you can use the -bundle-id (-b) option to specify a kext by its CFBundleIdentifier: kextload -bundle-id com.mycompany.driver.TabletDriver With no additional options kextload looks in the extens... |
mount_cddafs | The mount_cddafs command attaches the CDDA filesystem residing on the device special to the global filesystem namespace at the location indicated by node. This command is normally executed by mount(8) at boot time. The options are as follows: -o Options are specified with a -o flag followed by a comma separated s... | mount_cddafs – mount an Audio CD | mount_cddafs [-o options] special node | null | null |
mount_fdesc | The mount_fdesc command attaches an instance of the per-process file descriptor namespace to the global filesystem namespace. The conventional mount point is /dev and the filesystem should be union mounted in order to augment, rather than replace, the existing entries in /dev. This command is normally executed by mou... | mount_fdesc – mount the file-descriptor file system | mount_fdesc [-o options] fdesc mount_point | null | null |
newfs_msdos | The newfs_msdos utility creates a FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32 file system on device special, using disktab(5) entry disktype to determine geometry, if required. The options are as follows: -N Don't create a file system: just print out parameters. -B boot Get bootstrap from file. -F FAT-type FAT type (one of 12, 16, or ... | newfs_msdos – construct a new MS-DOS (FAT) file system | newfs_msdos [-N] [-B boot] [-F FAT-type] [-I volid] [-O OEM] [-S sector-size] [-a FAT-size] [-b block-size] [-c cluster-size] [-e dirents] [-f format] [-h heads] [-i info] [-k backup] [-m media] [-n FATs] [-o hidden] [-r reserved] [-s total] [-u track-size] [-v volume-name] special [disktype] | null | newfs_msdos /dev/disk0s1 Create a file system, using default parameters, on /dev/disk0s1. newfs_msdos -f 1440 -v foo fd0 Create a standard 1.44M file system, with volume name "foo", on /dev/fd0. SEE ALSO fdisk(8), mount(8) DIAGNOSTICS Exit status is 0 on success and 1 on error. HISTORY The newfs_msdos command appeared ... |
mount_acfs | mount_acfs is a mount helper utility that mounts an Xsan volume on client machines. This command is normally executed by mount(8) when the -t acfs option is used. Each client file system must communicate with a File System Manager (FSM) running either locally or on a remote host. The FSM manages all the activity for ... | mount_acfs - mount an Xsan volume | mount_acfs [options] volume dir | Options supported by the mount command: -f LINUX ONLY Fakes the mount process but updates the /etc/mtab file. The mount call will fail if the mtab entry already exists. -n LINUX ONLY Mounts the filesystem without updating the /etc/mtab file. -v Verbose mode. Additional options may be specified in the /etc/f... | To mount a volume that is described by the FSS configuration file myvolume.cfg on that host: mount -t acfs myvolume /usr/tmp/foo LIMITATIONS Only the Linux and Unix platforms are supported with the mount helper mount_cvfs For Windows instructions mounting filesystemes follow the "StorNext - Getting Started" section of ... |
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