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MacOS: create/destroy a ramdisk
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| #! /usr/bin/env -S bash -ex | |
| if [ -z "${1}" ]; then | |
| echo -en "\nPlease provide number of Gs (as integer or float)!\n\n" && exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| disk_size=$(bc -l <<< "2048*1024*${1}") | |
| diskutil erasevolume HFS+ "ram" $(hdiutil attach -nomount ram://${disk_size}) |
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| #! /usr/bin/env -S bash -ex | |
| hdiutil eject /Volumes/ram |
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