FreeOTFE Explorer supports a number of command line options that allow a number
of its main functions to be carried out from the command line or via
MS Windows shortcuts.
Note that "-" may be substituted in place of "/", if required.
Note: Although there is currently no option to specify which drive
letter a volume should be mounted as, this may be set on any given
FreeOTFE volume by selecting "Tools | Change volume/keyfile
password/details..."
/create
Create new FreeOTFE volume
/freeotfe
The specified volume is a FreeOTFE volume. If a volume type
(FreeOTFE/Linux) isn't specified, the user will be prompted for this
information.
/keyfile <keyfile>
Keyfile to be used when mounting a FreeOTFE volume. Only valid when mounting FreeOTFE volumes
/keyfileisascii
Only valid when mounting Linux LUKS volumes. If this flag is specified, the keyfile will be treated as containing ASCII password. Otherwise the keyfile will be treated as containing binary data. Default is to treat as binary.
/keyfilenewline {CRLF|LF|CR}
Only valid when mounting Linux LUKS volumes. If /keyfileisascii is specified, the first newline found in the keyfile will be treated as an EOF. This option specifies what constitutes a newline. Default is "LF".
/lesfile <LES file>
File from which to read Linux encryption settings from. Only valid when mounting non-LUKS Linux volumes
/linux
The specified volume is a Linux volume. If a
volume type (FreeOTFE/Linux) isn't specified, the user will be prompted for this information.
/mount
Mount indicated file/partition
/nocdbatoffset
Indicates there is no CDB stored from the offset specified by "/offset". Only meaningful when both "/offset", "/freeotfe" and "/keyfile" are used.
/offset <offset>
Use specified offset when mounting. This may be specified using GB/MB/KB units, or with no units for an offset in bytes (e.g. 5GB or 5368709120 for a 5GB offset). Note: If the value used for the offset has has a space in it, it should be surrounded by quotes (e.g. "10 GB" or 10GB are both valid)
/password <password>
Use specified password when mounting
/readonly
Mount the volume readonly
/settings
Use specified file for program settings, instead of normal settings location
/silent
Can be used when mounting a volume to prevent the password entry dialog showing
/volume <volume>
The volume filename/partition to
be used. When using a volume file, this should be set to the full path
and filename of a volume file. Partitions should be specified in the
form: "\Device\HarddiskX\PartitionY", where X is 0 based, while Y starts from 1 to indicate a particular partition, or 0 to indicate the entire disk.
Important: If the volume filename has any spaces in it, then it should be enclosed in double quotes (").