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EJECT(1)		    General Commands Manual		      EJECT(1)

NAME
       eject --	Eject removable	media

SYNOPSIS
       eject [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 de-
       vice 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
       considered 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 actu-
		   ally	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 STATUS
       eject  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 ALSO
       mount(1),   mount(2),   umount(1),   unmount(2),	  sh(1),    fnmatch(2)
       sysexits(3)

AUTHOR
       eject was written by Jason W. Bacon at the Medical College of Wisconsin
       September, 2002.

FreeBSD	Ports 14.quarterly    September	20, 2002		      EJECT(1)

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