Eject all disks and dmg's with Automator script in Mac OS X

Question

I have created an Automator Service to eject all disks in Mac OS X.

find /dev -name "disk[1-9]" -exec diskutil eject {} \;

This works, but I still receive an error message afterwords:

"The action “Run Shell Script” encountered an error."

Anyone know why this is happening?

Nothing wrong with the script as you say, you would need to post a screenshot of the workflow. BTW which version of OS X are you running. — Deesbek, Dec 18, 2013 at 23:11

Lri · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-19 17:14:45Z

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When I run the command, I get errors about files in /dev/fd:

$ find /dev -name "disk[1-9]" -exec diskutil eject {} \;
find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory
find: /dev/fd/8: Not a directory

You don't need find though:

diskutil eject /dev/disk[1-9];exit 0

exit 0 makes the script exit without an error if /dev/disk[1-9] doesn't match any file.

You might also use a Run AppleScript action like this:

tell app "Finder" to eject disks

answered Dec 19, 2013 at 17:14

Lri

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thank you, diskutil command works, also found these ways as well: find /dev/disk[1-9] -exec diskutil eject {} \; -OR- find /dev -name disk[1-9] -maxdepth 1 -exec diskutil eject {} \;
– swis24
Dec 19, 2013 at 20:40
also, in this case, 'tell app "Finder" to eject disks' does not work for me since i have some disks mounted i do not want to eject. thx
– swis24
Dec 19, 2013 at 20:41

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