1.\" $NetBSD: eject.1,v 1.12 2008/04/30 13:11:00 martin Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 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