macOS mount image from terminal with finder dialog

[d1squiet]

I'm trying to write a bash script that will mount an encrypted disk image. I've been using hdiutil and have figured out how to pass a password to the command, but it would be much simpler for me if hdiutil just opened a finder dialog box (like what happens when I double-click on a dmg file). That is to say, I'd love the bash script to pause and let the finder deal with the passoword/encryption. Is this possible?

I thought maybe i had to use diskutil instead of hdiutil, but I couldn't figure out how to pass a dmg file to the diskutil command.

 

[chabig]

If you just leave the password out of the terminal command, won't it present to the user?

 

[d1squiet]

If you just leave the password out of the terminal command, won't it present to the user?

Only in the terminal as far as I know.
I'm looking to eventually run it in the background, or within an apple-script or such. I'm sure I will figure out a method I like, but seems like the functionality of letting the OS handle it would be nice. Also for non-terminal-friendly users it would look normal.

 

[chabig]

Instead of using hdiutil, just use "open". That works the way you want.

open <path to disk image>

 

[d1squiet]

Instead of using hdiutil, just use "open". That works the way you want.

open <path to disk image>

ha! so simple. will the script pause for the dmg to mount? I wonder... will see.

 

[chabig]

...will the script pause for the dmg to mount?

I not an expert. I just learn by trial and error. Let me know.

 

[d1squiet]

It didn't work at first – the script keeps going. A little research revealed that "open -W" will force the calling application (the bash script in this case) to pause until open is done. So far it works perfectly.

thanks!

 

[chabig]

Very nice!