1NTFSLABEL(8) System Manager's Manual NTFSLABEL(8)
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6 ntfslabel - display/change the label on an ntfs file system
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9 ntfslabel [options] device [new-label]
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12 ntfslabel will display or change the file system label on the ntfs file
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15 If the optional argument new-label is not present, ntfslabel will sim‐
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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
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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 -
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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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40 Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
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52 Show the version number, copyright and license for ntfslabel.
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55 There are no known problems with ntfslabel. If you find a bug please
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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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65 ntfslabel is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:
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68 The manual pages are available online at:
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76ntfs-3g 2011.4.12 November 2005 NTFSLABEL(8)