Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2018-01-23 16:36, Steven Penny wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:13:24, Brian Inglis wrote: > >> I found the following utility works well without elevation - Windows > >> code from > >> http://www.leapsecond.com/tools/eject.{c,exe}: > >> > >> // eject -- Allow safe removal of USB thumb drive. > >> // - Command line tool to flush/dismount/eject USB drive. > >> // - Simpler than mouse clicking through taskbar "Safely Remove > >> Hardware" icon. > >> // - Usable in batch file scripts. > >> // 02-Nov-2012 Tom Van Baak (tvb) www.LeapSecond.com/tools ... > >> // Per MSDN, follow procedure for safe removal of USB drive. > >> int drive_eject (char *drive) > >> { > >> HANDLE hDev; > >> // Convert vintage DOS drive letter to weird Windows object > >> pathname. > >> char path[10]; > >> sprintf(path, "\\\\.\\%s", drive); > >> // Open (with write, but no lock) to flush pending writes. > >> DEV_OPEN(path, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE); > >> FlushFileBuffers(hDev); > >> CloseHandle(hDev); > >> // Open (with read, and lock) to dismount and eject. > >> DEV_OPEN(path, GENERIC_READ); > >> DEV_IOCTL(FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME); > >> DEV_IOCTL(FSCTL_DISMOUNT_VOLUME); > >> DEV_IOCTL(IOCTL_STORAGE_EJECT_MEDIA); > >> DEV_IOCTL(FSCTL_UNLOCK_VOLUME); > >> CloseHandle(hDev); > >> return 0; > >> } > > > > No, this is not the code from that site. The code is similar, but I > > see you have at least removed some empty lines. If you are going to do > > so, you need to clearly present said changes to the community - > > something like "adapted from http://..." or "modified from http://...", > > etc. > > > > Software copyright - even open source license is serious, and you > > should give it due respect. > > I was providing information, that's why I said /from/, gave the link to > the original, and included the copyright, which does not include a link > to the MSDN article it mentions:
I expect it's referring to this article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/165721. There's another quite good article on it at https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/259577/How-to-flush-a-storage-volumes-t he-file-cache-lock > checking any licences are left as an > exercise for any reader who wants to make use of the program or code > other than for their own private use. What licence is the ellipsis you added to the copyright line released under? ;o) --dra -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple