mount_apfs(8) BSD System Manager's Manual mount_apfs(8)
NAME
mount_apfs -- mount an APFS volume
SYNOPSIS
mount_apfs [-o options] [-u user] [-g group] special directory
mount_apfs [-o options] -s snapshot pathname directory
DESCRIPTION
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, such as /dev/disk0s2s1 (which is a volume inside the container
/dev/disk0s2), which can also be specified as simply disk0s2s1.
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. See the
mount(8) man page for possible options and their meanings.
-u user Set the owner of the files in the file system to user. The
default owner is the owner of the directory on which the
file system is being mounted. The user may be a user-name,
or a numeric value.
-g group Set the group of the files in the file system to group.
The default group is the group of the directory on which
the file system is being mounted. The group may be a
group-name, or a numeric value.
-s snapshot The name of the snapshot to mount. In this usage pathname
is the mounted root directory of the base volume containing
the snapshot.
DIAGNOSTICS
The mount_apfs utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
mount(2), unmount(2), fstab(5), mount(8)
HISTORY
The mount_apfs utility first appeared in OS X 10.12.
Mac OS X September 16, 2015 Mac OS X
Mac OS X 10.12.3 - Generated Fri Feb 10 07:58:51 CST 2017