eject
—
eject a floppy disk, cdrom or tape
eject |
[-fv ] [-l |
-L | -U ]
[-t device-type]
[-d ] device |
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.
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.