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Mount some sparsebundle on a specific mount point
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mounteSparsebundleCLI.sh
hdiutil attach -mountpoint ~/myMountPoint mySparsebundleFile
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mountSparseBundleAuto.sh
mount
# Results
# /dev/disk3s2 on /Volumes/Copies de sauvegarde Time machine (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled)
# /dev/disk4s2 on /Volumes/devEnv (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, noowners, mounted by ThibaultMilan)
diskutil info /dev/disk4s2 | grep UUID
# here we use /dev/disk4s2 because it's what the previous command return for our SparceBundle
# return something like :
# Volume UUID: 8B40B542-4156-3560-86B5-12E67D0A31F7
sudo vifs
# open vi editor to edit the fstab
# WARNING it's the only way to edit safely the fstab on OSX
#
# Paste something like :
# UUID=8B40B542-4156-3560-86B5-12E67D0A31F7 /Users/ThibaultMilan/Projects hfs rw 1 0
# replace the UUID with yours and the mount point by a Folder path that exist
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