.Dd October 11, 2016 .Dt UNMOUNT 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm unmount .Nd unmount filesystems .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl fl .Ar directory ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm unmounts the specified paths. The mountpoint is removed so that it cannot be opened further, and .Nm waits until no files on the filesystem are open, after which the filesystem is shut off cleanly. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width "12345678" .It Fl f , Fl \-force Shut off the filesystem immediately, further operations to any open files will fail. The filesystem will be consistent, but processes may be stopped in the middle of file operations. .It Fl l , Fl \-lazy Do not wait for the filesystem to be unused, and shut off the filesystem in the background. It is not safe to shut down the computer directly after using this option. .El .Sh EXIT STATUS .Nm will exit 0 on success and non-zero otherwise. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr unmount 2 , .Xr extfs 8