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.TH EJECT 1 "Sep 8, 2009"
.SH NAME
eject \- eject media such as CD-ROM and floppy from drive
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBeject\fR [\fB-dflqt\fR] [ [\fIdevice\fR | \fInickname\fR]]
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBeject\fR utility is used for those removable media devices that do not
have a manual eject button, or for those that might be locked due to, for
instance, being mounted. The device may be specified by its name or by a
nickname. If no device is specified, the default device is used.
.sp
.LP
Only devices that support \fBeject\fR under program control respond to this
command.
.sp
.LP
When \fBeject\fR is used on media that can only be ejected manually, it does
everything except remove the media, including unmounting the file system if it
is mounted. In this case, \fBeject\fR displays a message that the media can now
be manually ejected.
.sp
.LP
Do not physically eject media from a device that contains mounted file systems.
\fBeject\fR automatically searches for any mounted file systems that reside on
the device, and attempts to umount them prior to ejecting the media. See
\fBmount\fR(1M). If the unmount operation fails, \fBeject\fR prints a warning
message and exits. The \fB-f\fR option can be used to specify an eject even if
the device contains mounted partitions.
.sp
.LP
If you have inserted a floppy diskette, you might need to use \fBvolcheck\fR(1)
before ejecting the media to inform the system the floppy's presence.
.sp
.LP
Pressing the physical media eject button located on some drives' front panel
has the same effect as invoking \fBeject\fR for the respective drive. Not all
drives have this capability.
.SH OPTIONS
.sp
.LP
The following options are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-d\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Display the name of the default device to be ejected.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-f\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Force the device to eject even if it is busy.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-l\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Display paths and nicknames of ejectable devices.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-q\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Query to see if the media is present.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-t\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Issues the drive a CD-ROM tray close command.
.sp
Not all devices support this command.
.RE

.SH OPERANDS
.sp
.LP
The following operands are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIdevice\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
Specifies which device to \fBeject\fR, by the name it appears in the directory
\fB/dev\fR.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fInickname\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
Specifies which device to \fBeject\fR, by its nickname as known to this
command.
.sp
Volume label or device type (for example, cdrom or floppy0) can be used as a
nickname.
.RE

.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
\fBExample 1 \fREjecting Media
.sp
.LP
The following example ejects media by its volume label:

.sp
.in +2
.nf
example> \fBeject \&'My Pictures\&'\fR
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.LP
\fBExample 2 \fREjecting a Floppy Disk
.sp
.LP
The following example ejects a floppy disk from the first floppy drive:

.sp
.in +2
.nf
example> \fBeject floppy0\fR
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.SH EXIT STATUS
.sp
.LP
The following exit codes are returned:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 5n
The operation was successful or, with the \fB-q\fR option, the media \fIis\fR
in the drive.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 5n
The operation was unsuccessful or, with the \fB-q\fR option, the media is
\fInot\fR in the drive.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB2\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 5n
Invalid options were specified.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB3\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 5n
An \fBioctl()\fR request failed.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB4\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 5n
Manually ejectable media is now okay to remove.
.RE

.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/dev/diskette0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 18n
default diskette file
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/dev/sr0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 18n
default \fBCD-ROM\fR file (deprecated)
.RE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBvolcheck\fR(1), \fBmount\fR(1M), \fBrmmount\fR(1M), \fBioctl\fR(2),
\fBattributes\fR(5)