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avpaderno
avpaderno

Reputation: 29679

Creating a disk image (.dmg) from Objective-C

Is there any library to create a disk image from Cocoa, or is it only possible through Finder?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1441

Answers (2)

Quinn Taylor
Quinn Taylor

Reputation: 44769

I'm not aware of a way to do it directly from Cocoa (though there might be one) but there is another way. The hdiutil tool can be used from the Terminal, and you can call it from your program as well. Here's a sample usage for creating a disk image from a folder:

hdiutil create -fs HFS+ -volname "Volume Name" \
               -srcfolder "/path/to/source/directory" "path/to/filename.dmg"

Seems that http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/152742-disc-image-apis.html describes the same problem.

Upvotes: 7

JWWalker
JWWalker

Reputation: 22707

You could use the hdiutil tool, perhaps with the aid of NSTask.

Upvotes: 4

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