NAME

autodiskmount − automatically mount and initialize optical disks

SYNOPSIS

/usr/etc/autodiskmount

DESCRIPTION

Autodiskmount is a daemon started by the /etc/rc script and used by the Workspace Manager to automatically mount and initialize optical disks when they are inserted into an optical drive.  All of the user interaction is handled by the Workspace Manager. 

If an optical disk is inserted when autodiskmount is not running the disk is ejected.  To allow a UNIX program to use an optical disk that hasn’t been inserted yet, first run the program and wait for an alert panel to appear instructing you to insert the disk. 

If an optical disk is already inserted into an optical drive when the system is booted, but that disk is not the root device, then autodiskmount will automount it when the Workspace Manager starts up after you login. 
 

NeXT, Inc.  —  June 22, 1989