Unmount
©1994 by James W. Walker, all rights reserved.

Unmount is a free KeyQuencer extension for removing volumes (disks and disk partitions) from the desktop. It will not unmount the startup volume or volumes containing open files.  Attempting to unmount the startup volume or volumes containing open files will result in an error message, unless you specify the ÒquietÓ keyword.  Also, if there is no volume of the specified type, you will get an error message unless you specify ÒquietÓ.

ÒUnmount ejectables [quiet]Ó unmounts all ejectable volumes such as diskettes and CD-ROM discs.

ÒUnmount diskettes [quiet]Ó unmounts all diskettes.

ÒUnmount CDs [quiet]Ó unmounts CD-ROM discs if the drive uses the Apple CD driver.

ÒUnmount "volume name" [partial] [quiet]Ó unmounts all volumes whose names match the given name.  If you specify the ÒpartialÓ keyword, a partial match will be accepted; for example the macro ÒUnmount "Dev" partialÓ would unmount a disk named ÒDevelopÓ.

ÒUnmount driver "driver name" [partial] [quiet]Ó unmounts all volumes whose drivers match the given name.  For example, floppy disks use the driver Ò.SonyÓ, hard disks formatted with SilverLining use a driver name starting with Ò.LaCie_SCSIÓ, and the Apple CD-ROM driver is named Ò.AppleCDÓ.  If you specify ÒpartialÓ, a partial match will be accepted.

Known bug:
Under certain conditions, changes in icon positions on the volume you are unmounting may not be remembered.  The conditions are:
1. You are using System 6, or
2. The disk is not ejectable, or
3. The disk has already been ejected.

Acknowledgements:
Thanks to Susan Lesch and Mark Nagata for beta testing.

AuthorÕs address:
Please send bug reports or other feedback to Jim Walker by e-mail to JWWalker@AOL.com.