NAME
eject
- eject a floppy disk, cdrom or tape
SYNOPSIS
eject
[-fv]
[-l | L | U]
[-t device-type]
[-d]
device
eject
-n
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:
- -d
-
Deprecated.
- -f
-
Force the eject operation without attempting to unmount any file systems first.
- -l
-
Load media in the drive (only supported for the cdrom device type).
- -L
-
Lock the media into the drive (but see
BUGS
below).
- -n
-
List the built-in nicknames on standard output.
- -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.
- -U
-
Unlock the media from the drive.
- -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.