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josinalvo
Asked: 2017-12-15 12:11:40 +0800 CST

Is it possible to un-eject a kindle via CLI?

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When I connect my kindle, it "appears" as /dev/sdb and its main partition as /dev/sdb1. I can then mount the kindle and move files to it.

Afterwards, to return to reading, I need to do an umount /dev/sdb1 followed by an eject /dev/sdb. The device /dev/sdb1 disappears.

My question is: can I make /dev/sdb1 reappear via the CLI, without reconnecting the device physically?

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1 Answers

  1. The answer turned out to be one quick man eject away:

    eject -t /dev/sdb

    -t   With this option the drive is given a CD-ROM tray close command.
     Not all devices support this command.
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