Man page 8 : ntfslabel

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

ntfslabel [options] device [new-label]

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.

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 .

There are no known problems with

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

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

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/

R mkntfs (8),

R ntfsprogs (8)