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user9527
user9527

Reputation: 28

OSX One-step converting from ZIP to DMG via terminal?

Is there an elegant way of converting ZIP files to DMG? I would avoid to expand the (many) files manually and then to repack'em to a DMG. Could that be done via terminal, maybe in a single step?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5981

Answers (1)

Natsfan
Natsfan

Reputation: 4802

There is an app called DropDMG that lets you convert between file types. The description on the website claims you go from .zip to a dmg file. The app is not free but they have a free trail available that may work for you.

A terminal command that might work is hdiutil.

hdiutil create -format UDZO -srcfolder folder_to_compress archive_name.dmg

I just tried this on a .zip file and it worked. But note that when I launch the .dmg file I just get the .zip file back.

You could also write a two line script. First line is to unzip the zip file and then use the hdiutil command to make a dmg from the expanded files.

Upvotes: 2

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