I don't fucking know why I can't eject USB hard drives. I installed the SysInternals apps, and best they can tell me is that Dropbox is fucking with the drives. I explicitly told Dropbox to not fuck with USB drives. I don't know who's lying, I just want whoever is fucking with the drives to stop fucking with the drives, OK??? OK.

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[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Windows:

Someone else potentially has this file open, would you like to open a read only copy?

Linux:

Someone else potentially has this file open and they may have a newer version than you, would you like to save anyways?

Such a small difference but enough to make Linux superior.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 37 points 1 week ago (3 children)

To be relevant to the post:

Windows

Someone is using the drive, you can't eject

Linux

$ umount /mnt
unmount failed: device in use 
$ umount -f /mnt
$

[–] Two9A@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

The equivalent long option is --fuck-you

[–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I often get situations where umount -f doesn't even work :( Especially on a full desktop (not server) where some stuff is probably crawling the drive to make thumbnails or whatever.

[–] FuckBigTech347@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago

You can use the lsof utility though to list all currently open file handles.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Windows
mountvol (drive letter) /p

Just because you don't know the command doesn't mean it's not possible.