mlabel

mlabel(1)                                                            mlabel(1)



Name
       mlabel - make an MSDOS volume label



Note of warning
       This  manpage  has  been  automatically generated from mtools's texinfo
       documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete.   See  the
       end of this man page for details.


Description
       The mlabel command adds a volume label to a disk. Its syntax is: mlabel
       [-vcsn] [-N serial] drive:[new_label]


       Mlabel displays the current volume label, if present. If  new_label  is
       not  given,  and if neither the c nor the s options are set, it prompts
       the user for a new volume label.  To delete an existing  volume  label,
       press return at the prompt.

       Reasonable  care is taken to create a valid MS-DOS volume label.  If an
       invalid label is specified, mlabel changes the label (and displays  the
       new label if the verbose mode is set). Mlabel returns 0 on success or 1
       on failure.

       Mlabel supports the following options:

       c      Clears an existing label, without prompting the user

       s      Shows the existing label, without prompting the user.

       n      Assigns a new (random) serial number to the disk

       N serial
              Sets the supplied serial number. The  serial  number  should  be
              supplied as an 8 digit hexadecimal number, without spaces


See Also
       Mtools' texinfo doc

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mtools-3.9.8                        02Jun01                          mlabel(1)