EJECT(1) BSD General Commands Manual EJECT(1)NAMEeject — Eject removable media
SYNOPSISeject [options] <device|mount-point>
DESCRIPTION
Eject is used to control removable media devices. Either a device name
(with or without a precending "/dev/"), or a mount point as listed in
"/etc/fstab" may be specified to select the device to eject. If no
device is specified, the default device, "/etc/acd0" is used.
If the device is currently mounted at one or more mount points, all are
unmounted before the eject is performed. If any unmount fails, the eject
is aborted, and the mounts are NOT re-established.
Only devices listed in "/usr/local/etc/eject.allow" can be ejected. The
file format is one entry per line, and shell-style wildcards (See
"sh(1)") are allowed. Lines beginning with `#' and blank lines are con‐
sidered comments.
OPTIONS--h, ---help
Display a summary of command usage.
--v, ---verbose
Verbose mode. eject displays arguably useful information
about what it's doing.
--d, ---default
Display the default device.
--t, ---trayclose
Close the CDROM tray. ( Not supported by all CDROM drives. )
--n, ---noop
No operation. Display the normal output, but don't actually
eject or close the device. Often used in conjunction with -v
for debugging.
EXAMPLES
Eject the default device:
eject
Eject a device name:
eject cdrom
eject acd0
eject /dev/cdrom
eject /dev/acd0
Eject using mount point:
eject /cdrom
Close tray:
eject-t /cdrom
eject--trayclose /cdrom
EXIT STATUSeject returns 0 if operation was successful, nonzero otherwise. See
sysexits(3) for an explanation of exit codes.
FILES
/etc/fstab, /usr/local/etc/eject.allow
SEE ALSOmount(1), mount(2), umount(1), unmount(2), sh(1), fnmatch(2)sysexits(3)AUTHOReject was written by Jason W. Bacon at the Medical College of Wisconsin
September, 2002.
BSD September 20, 2002 BSD
