ntfslabel

- display or change the label on an NTFS file system

Synopsis

ntfslabel [options] device [new_label]

Description

The ntfslabel utility displays or changes the file system label on the NTFS file system located on device (see Synopsis).

If the optional argument new_label is not present, ntfslabel displays the current file system label.

If the optional argument new_label is present, ntfslabel sets the file system label to be new_label. NTFS file system labels can be at most 128 Unicode characters long; if new_label is longer than 128 Unicode characters, ntfslabel truncates it and displays a warning message.

It is also possible to set the file system label using the -L option of mkntfs(1M) during creation of the file system.

Options

Supported options are listed below. Most options have both single-letter and full-name forms. Multiple single-letter options that do not take an argument can be combined. For example, -fv is the equivalent of -f -v. A full-name option can be abbreviated to a unique prefix of its name.

-f, --force

Overrides 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.

-n, --no-action

Do not actually write a new label to disk.

-q, --quiet

Suppress some debug, warning, and error messages.

-V, --version

Show the version number, copyright, and license information.

-v, --verbose

Display more debug, warning, and error messages.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

See Also

mkntfs(1M), ntfsprogs(1M), parted(1M), attributes(5)

http://wiki.linux-ntfs.org

Authors

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