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.\" $NetBSD: eject.1,v 1.4 1998/05/11 21:45:44 fair Exp $
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.Dd October 9, 1995
.Dt EJECT 1
.Os
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.Sh NAME
.Nm eject
.Nd eject a floppy disk, cdrom or tape
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl fnv
.Op Fl d Ar raw-device
.Op Fl t Ar device-type
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.Op Ar device
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program ejects a medium from the specified device.
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The
.Ar device
argument specifies a device either by its full path name
.Po identified by a \&
.Pa /dev/
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prefix
.Pc ,
or by one of the built-in nicknames.
If the medium contains a filesystem that is currently mounted,
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.Nm
will attempt to unmount the filesystem before ejecting.
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width xxx
.It Fl d Ar raw-device
An alternative way to specify a raw device path name.
It need not start with
.Pa /dev/ .
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.It Fl f
Force the eject operation without attempting to unmount any filesystems first.
.It Fl n
List the built-in nicknames on standard output.
.It Fl t Ar device-type
Specify the device type.
The argument must be one of
.Sy diskette ,
.Sy floppy ,
.Sy cdrom ,
.Sy disk ,
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or
.Sy tape .
This option is necessary when ejecting a device for which no built-in
knowledge is available.
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.It Fl v
Display some of the actions taken on standard output.
.El
.Pp