1. NAME

ntfslabel - display/change the label on an ntfs file system

2. SYNOPSIS

ntfslabel [options] device [new-label]

3. DESCRIPTION

ntfslabel will display or change the file system label on the ntfs file system located on device .

If the optional argument new-labelis not present,

ntfslabel will simply display the current file system label.

If the optional argument new-labelis present, then

ntfslabel will set the file system label to be new-label . NTFS file system labels can be at most 128 Unicode characters long; if new-labelis longer than 128 Unicode characters,

ntfslabel will truncate it and print a warning message.

It is also possible to set the file system label using the

-L option of

R mkntfs (8) during creation of the file system.

4. OPTIONS

Below is a summary of all the options that

ntfslabel accepts. Nearly all options have two equivalent names. The short name is preceded by

- and the long name is preceded by

R -- . Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a single command, e.g.

-fv is equivalent to

R Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name.

  • -f, --force
        This will override some sensible defaults, such as not working with a mounted volume. Use this option with caution.
  • -h, --help
        Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
  • -n, --no-action
        Don't actually write to disk.
  • -q, --quiet
        Reduce the amount of output to a minimum.
  • -v, --verbose
        Increase the amount of output that

ntfslabel prints.

  • -V, --version
        Show the version number, copyright and license for

R ntfslabel .

5. BUGS

There are no known problems with

R ntfslabel . If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the development team:
contact

6. AUTHORS

ntfslabel was written by Matthew J. Fanto, with contributions from Anton Altaparmakov and Richard Russon.

7. AVAILABILITY

ntfslabel is part of the

ntfsprogs package and is available from:
http://www.linux-ntfs.org/content/view/19/37

The manual pages are available online at:
http://man.linux-ntfs.org/

8. SEE ALSO

R mkntfs (8),

R ntfsprogs (8)