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Create Ramdisk on Mac
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osx_ramdisk.sh
#!/bin/bash
MOUNT_PATH=~/tmp/RamDiskCache
mkdir -p ${MOUNT_PATH}
# Size at the end is * 2048 where 2048 = 1 MB, so 1572864 = 768 MB
DISK=`/usr/bin/hdiutil attach -nobrowse -nomount ram://8388608`
echo "Ramdisk device: ${DISK}"
/usr/sbin/diskutil erasevolume HFS+ "RamDiskCache" ${DISK}
sudo /usr/sbin/diskutil mount -mountPoint ${MOUNT_PATH} ${DISK}
/usr/bin/chflags hidden ${MOUNT_PATH} #Hide RamDisk directory
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