How do you know if it is safe to remove a usb

[Rafael Laguna]

I simply look at the mount icon at the places panel in PCManFM, that
"eject" arrow disappears if fully unmounted.

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Rafael Laguna
Lubuntu Artwork Team

On 12 January 2015 at 16:21, <leszek.lesner at web.de> wrote:

> Exactly.
> Otherwise if the usb pendrive has a blinking led it should stop blinking
> when writing is done.
>
>
>
>   Originalnachricht
> Von: Linda
> Gesendet: Montag, 12. Januar 2015 15:33
> An: lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Betreff: How do you know if it is safe to remove a usb
>
> I have a script that uses cp -a to create a backup to a
> mounted usb volume. In the past I have used Ubuntu and
> nautilus. In Nautilus when you unmount the usb drive after
> finishing the script it gives you a warning that it is
> writing to disk and it is not safe to remove the usb drive.
> In PCManFM does not give this message so in PCManFM how do
> you know when it is done writing the content that was cached
> and is actually safe to remove the usb drive? Is it when
> the drive disappears from the file list?
> Thanks
> Linda
>
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