EJECT(1) |
General Commands Manual |
EJECT(1) |
NAME
eject — eject a floppy disk, cdrom or tape
SYNOPSIS
eject |
[-fv] [-l | -L | -U] [-t device-type] [-d] device |
DESCRIPTION
The
eject program ejects a medium from the specified device. It can also load a cdrom in the drive if this operation is supported by the hardware. The
device argument specifies a device either by its full path name (identified by a
/dev/ prefix), or by one of the built-in nicknames. If the medium contains a file system that is currently mounted,
eject will attempt to unmount the file system before ejecting.
The following options are available:
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-d
-
Deprecated.
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-f
-
Force the eject operation without attempting to unmount any file systems first.
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-l
-
Load media in the drive (only supported for the cdrom device type).
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-L
-
Lock the media into the drive (but see BUGS below).
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-n
-
List the built-in nicknames on standard output.
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-t device-type
-
Specify the device type. The argument must be one of diskette, floppy, cdrom, disk, or tape. This option is necessary when ejecting a device for which no built-in knowledge is available.
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-U
-
Unlock the media from the drive.
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-v
-
Display some of the actions taken on standard output.
BUGS
Most disk drivers automatically lock the media on the first open and unlock it on the last close, making ‘eject -L
' almost useless, since when it closes the device, it gets unlocked again.