hpmount(1)

📦 version 1.0.4, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 HPMOUNT 💖

okay bestie, so this is hpmount(1) — it lives in the General Commands Manual, section 1, and it's your little backstage pass to the HFS+ world. the name says it's about changing directory on an HFS+ volume, but the real tea is it's the one that introduces you to a volume in the first place. slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

hpmount [-r] [-pn] source-path

short, sweet, iconic. two optional flags and one path. that's the whole vibe.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, hpmount introduces a brand new HFS+ volume. not in a "hey bestie meet my friend" way — in a "now this volume is on the roster" way. 👑

and the source-path? it's flexible, periodt. it can point at:

  • a block device, or
  • a regular file that contains an HFS+ volume image 📀

either one works. no gatekeeping.

then, because it's a total main character, hpmount also creates the file .hfsplusvolume in your home directory. and inside that file it stores:

  • the source path, and
  • the catalogue ID of the current working directory

iykyk — that's how it remembers where you are so the other hp* tools can find you later. it's giving ✨stateful✨.

hpmount accepts the following options:

  • -r — mount the volume read-only. 🧊 and ngl, the default is the opposite: by default you get write-access. so if you're just here to look and not to touch, pass -r. protect your peace (and your data) 💅
  • -pn — mount partition number n. 🌈 and the default, if you don't say anything, is to mount the first partition that looks like it contains an HFS+ volume. like, it just sniffs around and picks the first one that's giving HFS+. cute. 🦋

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

the whole friend group, no cap:

go say hi. they're all part of the same little family. 🍓

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Jens Schmalzing <jensen@debian.org> for Debian GNU/Linux, using the manual page by Klaus Halfmann <halfmann@libra.de> that comes with the source code, plus documentation from the Tech Info Library. 📚 absolute legends, we love a credited collab. 💜

aaaand that's the whole page bestie!! 🌟 this one came out of the General Commands Manual, hpmount(1), so shoutout to section 1 for having it. now go introduce yourself to a volume, you got this 💅🎀✨

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