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Jimbo: Reverted edits by 65.87.115.8 (Talk); changed back to last version by DrModiford

2009-06-30T00:43:49Z

Reverted edits by 65.87.115.8 (Talk); changed back to last version by DrModiford

65.87.115.8 at 22:34, 29 June 2009

2009-06-29T22:34:02Z

DrModiford: Added fstat related article

2008-05-14T08:28:16Z

Added fstat related article

DrModiford: Added fstat reference

2008-05-14T08:27:42Z

Added fstat reference

DrModiford: Expanded some 'gotchas' that we will all have experienced before!

2008-05-14T08:23:00Z

Expanded some 'gotchas' that we will all have experienced before!

DrModiford: Added example

2008-05-14T07:43:18Z

Added example

DrModiford: Revised '''unmount''' command following mount article update

2008-05-14T07:40:19Z

Revised '''unmount''' command following mount article update

Jimbo: link disambiguation

2005-07-18T08:42:10Z

link disambiguation

Jimbo at 19:09, 24 December 2004

2004-12-24T19:09:00Z

New page

'''umount''' unmounts filesystem drives for maintenance or removal from the system. For example, if you had a CD-ROM mounted, but you wanted to eject the disc, you might type '''umount /mnt/cdrom''' so that you could eject it.

see also: [[mount]], [[ /etc/fstab]]
[[Category:System Commands]]

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 == See also ==
-See also related articles: [[mount]] and [[etc/fstab]].
+See also related articles: [[mount]], [[etc/fstab]] and [[fstat]].
 [[Category:System Commands]]

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	Other possible causes is mounting and entering into a linked file system as a general user and then using the [[su]] command to operate as the [[root]] user then, while as root, trying the umount command. The file system remains locked under the general user's session. In this case the user must exit out of the root user session and release the file system before trying again.		Other possible causes is mounting and entering into a linked file system as a general user and then using the [[su]] command to operate as the [[root]] user then, while as root, trying the umount command. The file system remains locked under the general user's session. In this case the user must exit out of the root user session and release the file system before trying again.
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		+	The [[fstat]] command can be used to identify open, or active, files on the locally attached file systems.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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-The '''unmount''' command is used to unlink a file system from the local host, usually a file system previously linked using the [[mount]] command.
+The '''umount''' command is used to unlink a file system from the local host, usually a file system previously linked using the [[mount]] command.
-Typically the unmount command is used to release a CD or DVD-ROM drive so that it can be ejected, allow a USB memory key to be cleanly unmounted before unplugging it (Microsoft Windows has a similar function to safely remove devices) or any other file system linked to the local host.
+Typically the umount command is used to release a CD or DVD-ROM drive so that it can be ejected, allow a USB memory key to be cleanly unmounted before unplugging it (Microsoft Windows has a similar function to safely remove devices) or any other file system linked to the local host.
-Example:
+== Example use ==
-  # unmount /mnt/cdrom
+An example pf the unmount command:
 This simply unlinks the CD-ROM drive (or rather the 'file system' stored on the physical media) from the local host.
 See also related articles: [[mount]] and [[etc/fstab]].
 [[Category:System Commands]]

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−	'''~~umount~~''' ~~unmounts filesystem drives for maintenance or removal~~ from the system. ~~For example, if you had~~ a CD-ROM ~~mounted~~, ~~but you wanted~~ to ~~eject~~ the ~~disc~~, ~~you might type '''umount~~ /~~mnt/cdrom''' so that you could eject it.~~	+	{{System-Commands}}
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		+	The '''unmount''' command is used to unlink a file system from the local host, usually a file system previously linked using the [[mount]] command.
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		+	Typically the unmount command is used to release a CD or DVD-ROM drive so that it can be ejected, allow a USB memory key to be cleanly unmounted before unplugging it (Microsoft Windows has a similar function to safely remove devices) or any other file system linked to the local host.
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		+	See also: [[mount]], [[etc/fstab]]

−	~~see also: [[mount]], [[etc/fstab]]~~
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 '''umount''' unmounts filesystem drives for maintenance or removal from the system.  For example, if you had a CD-ROM mounted, but you wanted to eject the disc, you might type '''umount /mnt/cdrom''' so that you could eject it.
-see also: [[mount]], [[ /etc/fstab]]
+see also: [[mount]], [[etc/fstab]]
 [[Category:System Commands]]