apfs::disk¶

class disk¶

Represents a physical disk: such as a .dmg file or a plugged in drive.

The entry point into the APFS filesystem: used to get disk info and load partitions

Public Functions¶

disk(const std::string &filename)¶

Constructs a disk with a filename.

Opens it with “rb”.

Parameters:¶

const std::string &filename¶

The path to a .dmg file or a raw disk file, such as /dev/rdiskN on macOS and \\.\PhysicalDriveN on Windows.

disk(FILE *file)¶

Alternatively, you can construct a disk directly from an already opened C file stream.

Ownership is transferred to this class. The caller must not close or otherwise use the stream after passing it to this constructor.

Parameters:¶

FILE *file¶

An open C file stream positioned on the disk or disk image.

partition load_partition(const partition_info_t &part) const¶

Used to load a partition using an entry in the partitions array storing partition_info_t objects.

partition get_partition(const std::string &guid) const¶

Search for a partition by GUID.