NAME
ntfslabel - display/change the label on an ntfs file system
SYNOPSIS
ntfslabel [options] device [new-label]
DESCRIPTION
ntfslabel will display or change the file system label on the ntfs file
system located on device.
If the optional argument new-label is not present, ntfslabel will
simply display the current file system label.
If the optional argument new-label is 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-label is 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
mkntfs(8) during creation of the file system.
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 --. Any single letter options, that
don’t take an argument, can be combined into a single command, e.g.
-fv is equivalent to -f -v. 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 ntfslabel.
BUGS
There are no known problems with ntfslabel. If you find a bug please
send an email describing the problem to the development team:
linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net
AUTHORS
ntfslabel was written by Matthew J. Fanto, with contributions from
Anton Altaparmakov and Richard Russon.
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/
SEE ALSO
mkntfs(8), ntfsprogs(8)