1.\" $NetBSD: eject.1,v 1.11 2002/10/02 15:53:47 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 63identified by a 64.Pa /dev/ 65prefix 66.Pc , 67or by one of the built-in nicknames. 68If the medium contains a file system that is currently mounted, 69.Nm 70will attempt to unmount the file system before ejecting. 71.Pp 72The following options are available: 73.Bl -tag -width xxx 74.It Fl d 75Deprecated. 76.It Fl f 77Force the eject operation without attempting to unmount any file systems first. 78.It Fl l 79Load media in the drive (only supported for the cdrom device type). 80.It Fl L 81Lock the media into the drive (but see 82.Sx BUGS 83below). 84.It Fl n 85List the built-in nicknames on standard output. 86.It Fl t Ar device-type 87Specify the device type. 88The argument must be one of 89.Sy diskette , 90.Sy floppy , 91.Sy cdrom , 92.Sy disk , 93or 94.Sy tape . 95This option is necessary when ejecting a device for which no built-in 96knowledge is available. 97.It Fl U 98Unlock the media from the drive. 99.It Fl v 100Display some of the actions taken on standard output. 101.El 102.Sh BUGS 103Most disk drivers automatically lock the media on the first open and 104unlock it on the last close, making 105.Ql Ic eject Fl L 106almost useless, since when it closes the device, it gets unlocked 107again. 108