| .\" -*- nroff -*- |
| .\" Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 by Theodore Ts'o. All Rights Reserved. |
| .\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License. |
| .\" |
| .TH E2LABEL 8 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@" |
| .SH NAME |
| e2label \- Change the label on an ext2 filesystem |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B e2label |
| device |
| [ |
| new-label |
| ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .BI e2label |
| will display or change the filesystem label on the ext2 filesystem located on |
| .I device. |
| .PP |
| If the optional argument |
| .I new-label |
| is not present, |
| .B e2label |
| will simply display the current filesystem label. |
| .PP |
| If the optional argument |
| .I new-label |
| is present, then |
| .B e2label |
| will set the filesystem label to be |
| .IR new-label . |
| Ext2 filesystem labels can be at most 16 characters long; if |
| .I new-label |
| is longer than 16 characters, |
| .B e2label |
| will truncate it and print a warning message. |
| .PP |
| It is also possible to set the filesystem label using the |
| .I -L |
| option of |
| .BR tune2fs (8). |
| .PP |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| .B e2label |
| was written by Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl). |
| .SH AVAILABILITY |
| .B e2label |
| is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available for anonymous |
| ftp from tsx-11.mit.edu in /pub/linux/packages/ext2fs. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR mke2fs (8), |
| .BR tune2fs (8) |
| |