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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4112- May 15, 2012
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 Unix Tip #4112- May 15, 2012
 
UMOUNT BUSY DEVICES  
  
The "umount" command unmounts a currently  
mounted filesystem, which can be specified either  
as a mounted-on directory or a filesystem.  
  
If a mount point is busy, there are a couple  
things to try:  
  
On some non-BSD based machines you can use the  
command "umount -k" to force the system to drop a  
busy device.  
  
# umount -k /hosts/foo  
  
If you are on a standalone system or none of the  
filesystems are being exported, then "cd /" in  
all open shells or windows and umount.  
  
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