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.Dd October 9, 1995 .Dt EJECT 1 .Os .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 .Op Ar device .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm eject ejects a medium from the specified device. The .Ar device argument specifies a device either by its full path name
o identified by a \& .Dq /dev/ prefix
c , or by one of the built-in nicknames. If the medium contains a filesystem that is currently mounted, .Nm will attempt to unmount the filesystem before ejecting.
p The following options are available: l -tag -width xxx t Fl d Ar raw device An alternative way to specify a raw device path name. It need not start with .Dq /dev/ . t Fl f Force the eject operation without attempting to unmount any filesystems first. t Fl n List the built-in nicknames on standard output. t Fl t Ar device type Specify the device type. The argument must be one of .Sy floppy , Sy cdrom or .Sy tape . Might be used for devices for which no built-in knowledge is available. t Fl v Display some of the actions taken on standard output. .El
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