| EJECT(1) | General Commands Manual | EJECT(1) | 
NAME
 eject — eject a floppy disk, cdrom or tape
SYNOPSIS
| eject | [-fv] [-l | -L | -U] [-t device-type] [-d] device | 
 
DESCRIPTION
 The 
eject program ejects a medium from the specified device. It can also load a cdrom in the drive if this operation is supported by the hardware. The 
device argument specifies a device either by its full path name (identified by a 
/dev/ prefix), or by one of the built-in nicknames. If the medium contains a file system that is currently mounted, 
eject will attempt to unmount the file system before ejecting.
The following options are available:
- 
-d
- 
Deprecated.
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-f
- 
Force the eject operation without attempting to unmount any file systems first.
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-l
- 
Load media in the drive (only supported for the cdrom device type).
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-L
- 
Lock the media into the drive (but see BUGS below).
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-n
- 
List the built-in nicknames on standard output.
- 
-t device-type
- 
Specify the device type. The argument must be one of diskette, floppy, cdrom, disk, or tape. This option is necessary when ejecting a device for which no built-in knowledge is available.
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-U
- 
Unlock the media from the drive.
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-v
- 
Display some of the actions taken on standard output.
 
BUGS
 Most disk drivers automatically lock the media on the first open and unlock it on the last close, making ‘eject -L’ almost useless, since when it closes the device, it gets unlocked again.