MOUNT_UDF(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					      MOUNT_UDF(8)

NAME

     mount_udf -- mount a UDF filesystem

SYNOPSIS

     mount_udf [-o options] [-s sessionStart] [-n lastRecordedLBA] [-b blockSize] [-p packetSizeInBlocks] [-v verificationPolicy] [-w] devicePath
	       mountPath

DESCRIPTION

     The mount_udf command attaches the UDF filesystem residing on the device devicePath to the global filesystem namespace at the location indi-
     cated by mountPath.  This command is normally executed by mount(8) at boot time.

     The options are as follows:

     -o options
	     Options are specified with a -o flag followed by a comma separated string of options.  See the mount(8) man page for possible options
	     and their meanings.

     -v verificationPolicy
	     This is an advanced option not useful for regular use.  It controlls the verification policy when writing to RW type optical media.
	     Its value can be "meta", "all", or "none".  Policy "meta" means only the metadata are verified after they are written.  This is the
	     default policy.  Policy "all" means to verify data written, which could be several times slower than policy "meta".  Policy "none"
	     does not verify any data.	It is only slightly faster than "meta" in normal cases, but may result a corrupted UDF disc if the write
	     of metadata fails.

     -s sessionStart
	     This is an advanced option not useful for regular use.  When manually mounting a UDF volume with Virtual Partition, it specifies the
	     start Logical Block Address of the last session where UDF data structures (VRS and AVDP) resides.	This value overrides the value
	     obtained from the device.

     -n lastRecordedLBA
	     This is an advanced option not useful for regular use.  When manually mounting a UDF volume with Virtual Partition, it specifies the
	     last recorded Logical Block Address where the UDF VAT ICB will be searched.  This value overrides the value obtained from the device.

     -b blockSize
	     This is an advanced option not useful for regular use.  It specifies the block size in bytes used when mounting the UDF volume.  This
	     value overrides the value obtained from the device.

     -p packetSizeInBlocks
	     This is an advanced option not useful for regular use.  It specifies the packet size in blocks when manually mounting the UDF volume.
	     This value overrides the value obtained from the device.

     -w      This is an advanced option not useful for regular use.  It forces to enable the experimental packet writing function on optical media
	     that has not been fully supported, such as CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, HD DVD-R, and BD-R.	Writing to these media does not work on
	     some drives and may cause data corruption or data loss on some other drives.  Therefore, this flag should be used only by file system
	     developers when debugging the experimental write functions.

     The -s, -n, -b, and -p flags are not useful in normal use.  They are mainly used for debugging and data recovery.	Since the -s, -n, and -p
     flags are all specified in units of block size, when any of these flags are specified, it is strongly recommended that the -b flag is also
     specified.

SEE ALSO

     mount(2), unmount(2), fstab(5), mount(8)

BUGS

     Reading of all UDF revisions (1.02 - 2.60) on both block device (e.g., hard drives and USB drives) and most optical media is supported.
     Writing to block devices, DVD-RW and DVD+RW is supported with the following exceptions: (1) Cannot write Finder Info, Resource Fork, or other
     extended attributes in UDF volumes of revision 1.02 and 1.50; (2) Cannot write to mirrored metadata partition.

HISTORY

     The mount_udf utility first appeared in Mac OS X.

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