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:
-
-
- -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.