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30.Dd October 6, 2001
31.Dt EJECT 1
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm eject
35.Nd eject a floppy disk, cdrom or tape
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm
38.Op Fl fv
39.Op Fl l | L | U
40.Op Fl t Ar device-type
41.Op Fl d
42.Ar device
43.Pp
44.Nm
45.Fl n
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49program ejects a medium from the specified device.
50It can also load a cdrom
51in the drive if this operation is supported by the hardware.
52The
53.Ar device
54argument specifies a device either by its full path name
55.Po
56identified by a
57.Pa /dev/
58prefix
59.Pc ,
60or by one of the built-in nicknames.
61If the medium contains a file system that is currently mounted,
62.Nm
63will attempt to unmount the file system before ejecting.
64.Pp
65The following options are available:
66.Bl -tag -width xxx
67.It Fl d
68Deprecated.
69.It Fl f
70Force the eject operation without attempting to unmount any file systems first.
71.It Fl l
72Load media in the drive (only supported for the cdrom device type).
73.It Fl L
74Lock the media into the drive (but see
75.Sx BUGS
76below).
77.It Fl n
78List the built-in nicknames on standard output.
79.It Fl t Ar device-type
80Specify the device type.
81The argument must be one of
82.Sy diskette ,
83.Sy floppy ,
84.Sy cdrom ,
85.Sy disk ,
86or
87.Sy tape .
88This option is necessary when ejecting a device for which no built-in
89knowledge is available.
90.It Fl U
91Unlock the media from the drive.
92.It Fl v
93Display some of the actions taken on standard output.
94.El
95.Sh BUGS
96Most disk drivers automatically lock the media on the first open and
97unlock it on the last close, making
98.Ql Ic eject Fl L
99almost useless, since when it closes the device, it gets unlocked
100again.
101