I'm not sure how PATH settings are propagated through functions. One quick solution would be to just use the full path for all commands (e.g. /usr/sbin/diskutil).
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Dave Cottlehuber <d...@skunkwerks.at> wrote: > Hi fisherfolk, > > This is a copy-pasta function from my previous zsh setup, on OSX., to > create a ramdisk of X Gb. Unfortunately the final command, diskutil > erasevolume ... fails unless run manually. I've tried sleep 5, > sprinkling quotes, wrapping it in (...) but nada. Any idea why? > > fish 2.3.1 via homebrew on OSX > > ```fish > function ramdisk > # calculate a size in GB for a new ramdisk > set size (math "$argv[1] * 2097152") > # ensure any existing ramdisk is unceremoniously dumped > diskutil eject /Volumes/ramdisk >/dev/null 2>&1 > # create an unformatted ramdisk - works > set ramdiskpath (hdiutil attach -nomount ram://$size) > # format the disk using the path - fails > diskutil erasevolume HFS+ ramdisk $ramdiskpath > end > ``` > > $ ramdisk 12 > > Unable to find disk for /dev/disk1 > > -- sadpanda -- > > $ diskutil list > > /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): > #: TYPE NAME SIZE > IDENTIFIER > 0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB > disk0 > 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB > disk0s1 > 2: Apple_HFS continuity 299.5 GB > disk0s2 > 3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB > disk0s3 > 4: 516E7CBA-6ECF-11D6-8FF8-00022D09712B 2.7 TB > disk0s4 > > /dev/disk1 (disk image): > #: TYPE NAME SIZE > IDENTIFIER > 0: +12.9 GB > disk1 > > -- do it manually -- > > $ diskutil erasevolume HFS+ ramdisk "/dev/disk1" > Started erase on disk1 > Unmounting disk > Erasing > Initialized /dev/rdisk1 as a 12 GB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume > Mounting disk > Finished erase on disk1 ramdisk > > A+ > Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Fish-users mailing list > Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users >
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