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#!/bin/bash
ramfs_size_mb=1024
mount_point=~/volatile
ramfs_size_sectors=$((${ramfs_size_mb}*1024*1024/512))
ramdisk_dev=`hdid -nomount ram://${ramfs_size_sectors}`
newfs_hfs -v 'Volatile' ${ramdisk_dev}
mkdir -p ${mount_point}
mount -o noatime -t hfs ${ramdisk_dev} ${mount_point}
echo "remove with:"
echo "umount ${mount_point}"
echo "diskutil eject ${ramdisk_dev}"
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