desk

This command lists the information in a volume's desktop database.

Location

TNHOME/usr/bin

desk [-C][-u][-V][-{a|h|i}] volume

`-C`	Display the program copyright message and execute the command.
`-u`	Display the program usage message only.
`-V`	Display the program version number and execute the command.
`-a`	Display the `.Adesktop` file.
`-h`	Display the header information.
`-i`	Display the `.Idesktop` file.
`volume`	Specify the relative or absolute path to the directory that serves as the root of the Macintosh volume whose desktop database you want to query.

Use the following command to print the .Adesktop and .Idesktop files for the volume with root /usr/macvol:

desk -ai /usr/macvol