1.\" $NetBSD: eject.1,v 1.10 2001/10/06 18:51:04 wiz 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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 18.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 19.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD 20.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors. 21.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its 22.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 23.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. 24.\" 25.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 26.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 27.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 28.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 29.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 30.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 31.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 32.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 33.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 34.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 35.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" 37.Dd October 6, 2001 38.Dt EJECT 1 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm eject 42.Nd eject a floppy disk, cdrom or tape 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Nm 45.Op Fl fv 46.Op Fl l | L | U 47.Op Fl t Ar device-type 48.Op Fl d 49.Ar device 50.Pp 51.Nm 52.Fl n 53.Sh DESCRIPTION 54The 55.Nm 56program ejects a medium from the specified device. 57It can also load a cdrom 58in the drive if this operation is supported by the hardware. 59The 60.Ar device 61argument specifies a device either by its full path name 62.Po identified by a \& 63.Pa /dev/ 64prefix 65.Pc , 66or by one of the built-in nicknames. 67If the medium contains a filesystem that is currently mounted, 68.Nm 69will attempt to unmount the filesystem before ejecting. 70.Pp 71The following options are available: 72.Bl -tag -width xxx 73.It Fl d 74Deprecated. 75.It Fl f 76Force the eject operation without attempting to unmount any filesystems first. 77.It Fl l 78Load media in the drive (only supported for the cdrom device type). 79.It Fl L 80Lock the media into the drive (but see 81.Sx BUGS 82below). 83.It Fl U 84Unlock the media from the drive. 85.It Fl n 86List the built-in nicknames on standard output. 87.It Fl t Ar device-type 88Specify the device type. 89The argument must be one of 90.Sy diskette , 91.Sy floppy , 92.Sy cdrom , 93.Sy disk , 94or 95.Sy tape . 96This option is necessary when ejecting a device for which no built-in 97knowledge is available. 98.It Fl v 99Display some of the actions taken on standard output. 100.El 101.Sh BUGS 102Most disk drivers automatically lock the media on the first open and 103unlock it on the last close, making 104.Ql Ic eject Fl L 105almost useless, since when it closes the device, it gets unlocked 106again. 107