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| .TH mlabel 1 "28Nov20" mtools-4.0.26 |
| .SH Name |
| mlabel - make an MSDOS volume label |
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| .SH Note\ of\ warning |
| This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo |
| documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete. See the |
| end of this man page for details. |
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| .SH Description |
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| The \fR\&\f(CWmlabel\fR command adds a volume label to a disk. Its syntax is: |
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| \&\fR\&\f(CWmlabel\fR [\fR\&\f(CW-vcsn\fR] [\fR\&\f(CW-N\fR \fIserial\fR] \fIdrive\fR:[\fInew_label\fR] |
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| \&\fR\&\f(CWMlabel\fR displays the current volume label, if present. If |
| \&\fInew_label\fR is not given, and if neither the \fR\&\f(CWc\fR nor the |
| \&\fR\&\f(CWs\fR options are set, it prompts the user for a new volume label. |
| To delete an existing volume label, press return at the prompt. |
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| The label is limited to 11 single-byte characters, |
| e.g. \fR\&\f(CWName1234567\fR. |
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| Reasonable care is taken to create a valid MS-DOS volume label. If an |
| invalid label is specified, \fR\&\f(CWmlabel\fR changes the label (and |
| displays the new label if the verbose mode is set). \fR\&\f(CWMlabel\fR |
| returns 0 on success or 1 on failure. |
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| Mlabel supports the following options: |
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| \&\fR\&\f(CWc\fR\ |
| Clears an existing label, without prompting the user |
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| \&\fR\&\f(CWs\fR\ |
| Shows the existing label, without prompting the user. |
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| \&\fR\&\f(CWn\ \fR\ |
| Assigns a new (random) serial number to the disk |
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| \&\fR\&\f(CWN\ \fIserial\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ |
| Sets the supplied serial number. The serial number should be supplied as |
| an 8 digit hexadecimal number, without spaces |
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| .SH See\ Also |
| Mtools' texinfo doc |
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