cdumount Command

Purpose

Unmounts a previously mounted file system on a device managed by cdromd.

Syntax

cdumount [ -q ] [ -h | -? ] DeviceName

Description

The cdumount command sends an appropriate command to the cdromd daemon which tries to unmount the file system on the device specified by DeviceName.

The cdumount command doesn't eject the media.

Flags

Item Description
-h or -? Displays the command usage message.
-q Specifies silent mode: Doesn't print any information or error messages.
DeviceName Specifies the name of the device.

Exit Status

This command returns the following exit values:

0
No error.
>0
An error occurred.

Examples

  1. To unmount a file system on cd0 enter: 
    cdumount cd0
  2. To unmount a file system on cd1 without any printed error messages, enter: 
    cdumount -q cd1