P.S. How can I capture the information in the manual to a text  
document? Simply?


On Jan 16, 2006, at 2:55 AM, Chuck Pelto wrote:

> Okay....
>
> ...how do I determine the size of the disk image I need to create?
>
> Regards,
>
> Chuck
>
> On Jan 15, 2006, at 8:25 PM, Mark Lively wrote:
>
>> Yes.
>>
>> Take a look at create option on hdiutil
>>
>> hdiutil create -s 50m ~/Desktop/test.dmg
>>
>> -Mark
>>
>> On Jan 15, 2006, at 9:55 PM, Chuck Pelto wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible that one has to CREATE the file MyDiskImage.dmg  
>>> before one can ATTACH items such as a user folder to it? That  
>>> might explain why I'm getting the "no such file" error message.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Chuck
>>>
>>> On Jan 15, 2006, at 4:13 PM, John Delacour wrote:
>>>
>>>> At 3:16 pm -0700 15/1/06, Chuck Pelto wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:02 AM, Barry Wainwright wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Do shell script "hdiutil attach '/Users/MyName/Documents/ 
>>>>>> MyDiskImage.dmg'-readonly"
>>>>>
>>>>> This syntax does not seem to work very well.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've used '/Users/whatgoesformyname/Documents/ 
>>>>> TestDiskImage.dmg'-readonly and I get error messages about "no  
>>>>> such file".
>>>>>
>>>>> The naming of the path IS correct.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are you _sure_?  It works in every case for me so long as the  
>>>> path is right.  Are you sure you're not _both_ escaping spaces  
>>>> _and_ enclosing in quotes.  You can do one or the other but not  
>>>> both, and since you don't tell us what your correct path is,  
>>>> it's impossible to say what's wrong.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> do shell script¬
>>>>    "cd; hdiutil attach -readonly 'Downloads_060101/Eudora  
>>>> 6.2.3.dmg'"
>>>>
>>>> OR
>>>>
>>>> do shell script ¬
>>>>    "cd; hdiutil attach -readonly Downloads_060101/Eudora\\  
>>>> 6.2.3.dmg"
>>>>
>>>> JD
>>>>
>>>
>>
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