create-dmg

A shell script to build fancy Apple Disk Images (DMGs).

This is a slightly modified version of Andrey Tarantsov's yoursway-create-dmg script.

USAGE

create-dmg [options...] [output_name.dmg] [source_folder]  

All contents of source_folder will be copied into the disk image.

Options

• --volname [name]: set volume name (displayed in the Finder sidebar and window title)
• --volicon [icon.icns]: set volume icon
• --background [pic.png]: set folder background image (provide png, gif, jpg)
• --window-pos [x y]: set position the folder window
• --window-size [width height]: set size of the folder window
• --icon-size [icon size]: set window icons size (up to 128)
• --icon [file name] [x y]: set position of the file's icon
• --hide-extension [file name]: hide the extension of file
• --custom-icon [file name]/[custom icon]/[sample file] [x y]: set position and custom icon
• --app-drop-link [x y]: make a drop link to Applications, at location x, y
• --eula [eula file]: attach a license file to the dmg
• --no-internet-enable: disable automatic mount&copy
• --version: show tool version number
• -h, --help: display the help

Example

#!/bin/sh  
test -f Application-Installer.dmg && rm Application-Installer.dmg  
create-dmg \  
  --volname "Application Installer" \  
  --volicon "application_icon.icns" \  
  --background "installer_background.png" \  
  --window-pos 200 120 \  
  --window-size 800 400 \  
  --icon-size 100 \  
  --icon Application.app 200 190 \  
  --hide-extension Application.app \  
  --app-drop-link 600 185 \  
  Application-Installer.dmg \  
  source_folder/  

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/96882/how-do-i-create-a-nice-looking-dmg-for-mac-os-x-using-command-line-tools
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11199926/create-dmg-with-retina-background-support

CHANGES

The following changes have been made from the original version

• Added README.md file based on work by Seth P.
• Added license information based on the original author's statement.
• Removed YourSway builder script and unnecessary .gitignore file.
• Fixed multiple --hide-extension problem.
• Fix for icon size being ignored under Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

LICENSE

create-dmg is Copyright (C) 2008, 2011 - 2013 Andrey Tarantsov, with modifications Copyright (C) 2014 Regents of The University of Michigan.

create-dmg is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

create-dmg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with flux-utils. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/