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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