ntfslabel(8)

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

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

9       ntfslabel [options] device [new-label]
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DESCRIPTION

12       ntfslabel will display or change the file system label on the ntfs file
13       system located on device.
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15       If the optional argument new-label is not present, ntfslabel will  sim‐
16       ply display the current file system label.
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18       If  the optional argument new-label is present, then ntfslabel will set
19       the file system label to be new-label.  NTFS file system labels can  be
20       at  most  128  Unicode characters long; if new-label is longer than 128
21       Unicode characters, ntfslabel will truncate it and print a warning mes‐
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24       It is also possible to set the file system label using the -L option of
25       mkntfs(8) during creation of the file system.
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OPTIONS

28       Below is a summary of all the options that ntfslabel  accepts.   Nearly
29       all options have two equivalent names.  The short name is preceded by -
30       and the long name is preceded by --.  Any single letter  options,  that
31       don't  take  an  argument,  can be combined into a single command, e.g.
32       -fv is equivalent to -f -v.  Long named options can be  abbreviated  to
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35       -f, --force
36              This  will  override some sensible defaults, such as not working
37              with a mounted volume.  Use this option with caution.
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39       -h, --help
40              Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
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46              Reduce the amount of output to a minimum.
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52              Show the version number, copyright and license for ntfslabel.
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BUGS

55       There are no known problems with ntfslabel.  If you find a  bug  please
56       send an email describing the problem to the development team:
57       ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net
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AUTHORS

60       ntfslabel  was written by Matthew J. Fanto, with contributions from An‐
61       ton Altaparmakov and Richard Russon.  It was ported to ntfs-3g by  Erik
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AVAILABILITY

65       ntfslabel is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:
66       http://www.tuxera.com/community/
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68       The manual pages are available online at:
69       http://man.linux-ntfs.org/
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