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ramdisk.sh
#!/bin/bash
if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]
then
echo "Usage: ramdisk size_in_MB"
exit 1
fi
if [[ $OSTYPE == *"linux"* ]]
then
mkdir /mnt/ramdisk
mount -t tmpfs -o size=$1m tmpfs /mnt/ramdisk
fi
if [[ $OSTYPE == *"darwin"* ]]
then
diskutil erasevolume HFS+ 'RAM Disk' `hdiutil attach -nomount ram://$(($1*2048))`
fi
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