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.\"     @(#)mount_tmpfs.8
.hlm 0
.Dd September 16, 2020
.Dt MOUNT_TMPFS 8
.Os "Mac OS X"
.Sh NAME
.Nm mount_tmpfs
.Nd mount a
.Tn tmpfs
volume
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl o Ar options
.Op Fl i | Fl e
.Op Fl n Ar max_nodes
.Op Fl s Ar max_mem_size
.Ar directory
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
command creates a new
.Tn tmpfs
(in-memory file system) volume and attaches it to the global file system namespace at the location indicated by
.Pa directory .
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width 16n
.It Fl o Ar options
Options passed to
.Xr mount 2
are specified with the
.Fl o
option followed by a comma separated string of options. See the
.Xr mount 8
man page for possible options and their meanings.
.It Fl i
Make the volume case-insensitive (default).
.It Fl e
Make the volume case-sensitive.
.It Fl n Ar max_nodes
Set the maximum number of nodes available to the file system to
.Pa max_nodes .
.It Fl s Ar max_mem_size
Set the maximum total file system size to
.Pa max_mem_size
bytes, unless suffixed with one of k, m, g, or t, which denote kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte respectively.
.El
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Ex -std
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mount 2 ,
.Xr unmount 2 ,
.Xr mount 8 ,
.Xr umount 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in macOS 11.