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37.Dd October 9, 1995
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 flnv
46.Op Fl d Ar raw-device
47.Op Fl t Ar device-type
48.Op Ar device
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Nm
52program ejects a medium from the specified device. It can also load a cdrom
53in the drive if this operation is supported by the hardware.
54The
55.Ar device
56argument specifies a device either by its full path name
57.Po identified by a \&
58.Pa /dev/
59prefix
60.Pc ,
61or by one of the built-in nicknames.
62If the medium contains a filesystem that is currently mounted,
63.Nm
64will attempt to unmount the filesystem before ejecting.
65.Pp
66The following options are available:
67.Bl -tag -width xxx
68.It Fl d
69Deprecated.
70.It Fl f
71Force the eject operation without attempting to unmount any filesystems first.
72.It Fl l
73Load media in the drive (only supporded for the cdrom device type).
74.It Fl n
75List the built-in nicknames on standard output.
76.It Fl t Ar device-type
77Specify the device type.
78The argument must be one of
79.Sy diskette ,
80.Sy floppy ,
81.Sy cdrom ,
82.Sy disk ,
83or
84.Sy tape .
85This option is necessary when ejecting a device for which no built-in
86knowledge is available.
87.It Fl v
88Display some of the actions taken on standard output.
89.El
90.Pp
91