NAME

eject − eject floppy disk from an autoeject floppy drive

SYNOPSIS

eject [ −d | −f | −n | device | nickname ]

AVAILABILITY

Sun-3/80 systems only. 

DESCRIPTION

eject is used for those removable media devices that do not have a manual eject button.  The device may be specified by its name or by a nickname; if no device is specified the default device is used. 

Only devices that support eject under program control respond to this command. 

eject can also display its default device and a list of nicknames. 

OPTIONS

−d Display the name of the default device to be ejected. 

−f Force the device to eject even if it is busy. 

−n Display the nickname to device name translation table. 

device Specify which device to eject, by the name it appears in the directory /dev. 

nickname
Specify which device to eject, by its nickname as known to this command. 

FILES

/dev/rfd0a

SEE ALSO

fd(4S)

DIAGNOSTICS

A short help message is printed if an unknown flag is specified.  A diagnostic is printed if the device name cannot be opened or does not support eject. 

BUGS

There ought to be a way to change the default on a per-user basis. 

Sun Release 4.0  —  Last change: 9 March 1989