When I double click a dmg file it's mounted (or so I assume) in the filesystem. I want to explore the dmg file in the terminal for hidden files (like the background for example), but I'm not sure where it's mounted – I checked /media and /mnt, but it's not there.
Where is a dmg file mounted
dmgmount
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DropDMG
I use and recommend DropDMG since it has many features that make it useful for sharing software such as scripting the building of a DMG file directly from my CI server when I promote a build using the included CLI tool dropdmg.
Above: Many options for configuring a DMG file, including layouts and showing a license when opening the DMG.
A DMG can be set to display a license agreement before it will allow you to open it. This is normal and nothing to be alarmed about. Once you accept the license agreement, it will mount and open the normal Finder window showing its contents.
See this thread on Cocoa Builder.
There is no way to disable it and nothing is being auto-run.
Best Answer
All volumes, including DMGs, are mounted in
/Volumes.You can get a list of mounted volumes by typing
ls /Volumesin Terminal.You can navigate to a Disk Image using
cd /Volumes/nameOfImage.