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

NAME
     diskarbitrationd -- disk arbitration daemon

SYNOPSIS
     diskarbitrationd [-d]

DESCRIPTION
     diskarbitrationd listens for connections from clients, notifies clients of the appearance of disks and
     filesystems, and governs the mounting of filesystems and the claiming of disks amongst clients.

     diskarbitrationd is accessed via the Disk Arbitration framework.

     Options:

     -d       Report detailed information in /var/log/diskarbitrationd.log.  This option forces
              diskarbitrationd to run in the foreground.

     The file /etc/fstab is consulted for user-defined mount points, indexed by filesystem, in the mount
     point determination for a filesystem.  Each filesystem can be identified by its UUID or by its label,
     using the constructs ``UUID'' or ``LABEL'', respectively.  For example:

        UUID=DF000C7E-AE0C-3B15-B730-DFD2EF15CB91 /export ufs   ro
        UUID=FAB060E9-79F7-33FF-BE85-E1D3ABD3EDEA none    hfs   rw,noauto
        LABEL=The\040Volume\040Name\040Is\040This none    msdos ro

FILES
     /etc/fstab
     /var/log/diskarbitrationd.log
     /var/run/diskarbitrationd.pid
     /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.diskarbitrationd.plist

SEE ALSO
     fstab(5)

Darwin                                          July 18, 2004                                         Darwin

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