1E2LABEL(8)                  System Manager's Manual                 E2LABEL(8)
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NAME

6       e2label - Change the label on an ext2/ext3/ext4 file system
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SYNOPSIS

9       e2label device [ volume-label ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       e2label  will  display or change the volume label on the ext2, ext3, or
13       ext4 file system located on device.
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15       If the optional argument volume-label is not present, e2label will sim‐
16       ply display the current volume label.
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18       If the optional argument volume-label is present, then e2label will set
19       the volume label to be volume-label.  Ext2 volume labels can be at most
20       16 characters long; if volume-label is longer than 16 characters, e2la‐
21       bel will truncate it and print a warning message.  For other file  sys‐
22       tems  that  support  online  label manipulation and are mounted e2label
23       will work as well, but it will not attempt to truncate the volume-label
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26       It  is  also  possible  to  set the volume label using the -L option of
27       tune2fs(8).
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AUTHOR

30       e2label was written by Theodore Ts'o (tytso@mit.edu).
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AVAILABILITY

33       e2label is  part  of  the  e2fsprogs  package  and  is  available  from
34       http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.
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SEE ALSO

37       mke2fs(8), tune2fs(8)
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42E2fsprogs version 1.47.0         February 2023                      E2LABEL(8)