NAME
vsdbutil – manipulates the volume status DB.
SYNOPSIS
vsdbutil [-a path]
vsdbutil [-c path] [-d path] [-i]
vsdbutil [-h]
DESCRIPTION
vsdbutil manipulates the volume status DB. The following options are available:
- -a
-
adopts (activates) on-disk ownership on the specified path
- -c
-
checks the status of the ownership usage on the specified path
- -d
-
disowns (deactivates) the on-disk ownership on the specified path
- -i
-
initializes the ownership database to include all mounted HFS+ and APFS volumes
- -x
-
clears the entry associated with the specified path from the database
- -h
-
prints out a simple help message
The vsdbutil command is deprecated; using a volume UUID in fstab(5) is preferred.
FILES
- /var/db/volinfo.database
-
Database of volumes managed via vsdbutil.