NAME
eject —
eject a floppy disk, cdrom or
tape
SYNOPSIS
eject |
[-fv] [-l |
-L | -U]
[-t device-type]
[-d] device |
eject |
-n |
DESCRIPTION
Theeject 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.
-tdevice-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