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Date:      Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:48:25 +0200
From:      "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
To:        Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com>
Cc:        Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org>, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: umount -f implementation 
Message-ID:  <200907010048.n610mPem058027@fire.js.berklix.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message "Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:58:39 PDT." <200906302158.n5ULwdxk002480@chez.mckusick.com> 

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Kirk McKusick wrote:
> forced unmounts. The gentle force (-f) and the brute force (-F)
> unmount. 

-F Would also be nice for devd.conf detach, for when people
forget & pull a USB stick without unmounting first.
Better a corrupt stick than a crashed OS.

Cheers,
Julian
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