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| 2 | .TH mlabel 1 "28Nov20" mtools-4.0.26 |
| 3 | .SH Name |
| 4 | mlabel - make an MSDOS volume label |
| 5 | '\" t |
| 6 | .de TQ |
| 7 | .br |
| 8 | .ns |
| 9 | .TP \\$1 |
| 10 | .. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | .tr \(is' |
| 13 | .tr \(if` |
| 14 | .tr \(pd" |
| 15 | |
| 16 | .SH Note\ of\ warning |
| 17 | This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo |
| 18 | documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete. See the |
| 19 | end of this man page for details. |
| 20 | .PP |
| 21 | .SH Description |
| 22 | .PP |
| 23 | The \fR\&\f(CWmlabel\fR command adds a volume label to a disk. Its syntax is: |
| 24 | .ft I |
| 25 | .nf |
| 26 | \&\fR\&\f(CWmlabel\fR [\fR\&\f(CW-vcsn\fR] [\fR\&\f(CW-N\fR \fIserial\fR] \fIdrive\fR:[\fInew_label\fR] |
| 27 | .fi |
| 28 | .ft R |
| 29 | |
| 30 | .PP |
| 31 | \&\fR\&\f(CWMlabel\fR displays the current volume label, if present. If |
| 32 | \&\fInew_label\fR is not given, and if neither the \fR\&\f(CWc\fR nor the |
| 33 | \&\fR\&\f(CWs\fR options are set, it prompts the user for a new volume label. |
| 34 | To delete an existing volume label, press return at the prompt. |
| 35 | .PP |
| 36 | The label is limited to 11 single-byte characters, |
| 37 | e.g. \fR\&\f(CWName1234567\fR. |
| 38 | .PP |
| 39 | Reasonable care is taken to create a valid MS-DOS volume label. If an |
| 40 | invalid label is specified, \fR\&\f(CWmlabel\fR changes the label (and |
| 41 | displays the new label if the verbose mode is set). \fR\&\f(CWMlabel\fR |
| 42 | returns 0 on success or 1 on failure. |
| 43 | .PP |
| 44 | Mlabel supports the following options: |
| 45 | .TP |
| 46 | \&\fR\&\f(CWc\fR\ |
| 47 | Clears an existing label, without prompting the user |
| 48 | .TP |
| 49 | \&\fR\&\f(CWs\fR\ |
| 50 | Shows the existing label, without prompting the user. |
| 51 | .TP |
| 52 | \&\fR\&\f(CWn\ \fR\ |
| 53 | Assigns a new (random) serial number to the disk |
| 54 | .TP |
| 55 | \&\fR\&\f(CWN\ \fIserial\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ |
| 56 | Sets the supplied serial number. The serial number should be supplied as |
| 57 | an 8 digit hexadecimal number, without spaces |
| 58 | .PP |
| 59 | .SH See\ Also |
| 60 | Mtools' texinfo doc |
| 61 | .SH Viewing\ the\ texi\ doc |
| 62 | This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo |
| 63 | documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some |
| 64 | items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this |
| 65 | translation process. Indeed, these items have no appropriate |
| 66 | representation in the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has |
| 67 | been translated into the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise you to |
| 68 | use the original texinfo doc. See the end of this manpage for |
| 69 | instructions how to view the texinfo doc. |
| 70 | .TP |
| 71 | * \ \ |
| 72 | To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following |
| 73 | commands: |
| 74 | |
| 75 | .nf |
| 76 | .ft 3 |
| 77 | .in +0.3i |
| 78 | ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi |
| 79 | .fi |
| 80 | .in -0.3i |
| 81 | .ft R |
| 82 | .PP |
| 83 | |
| 84 | \&\fR |
| 85 | .TP |
| 86 | * \ \ |
| 87 | To generate a html copy, run: |
| 88 | |
| 89 | .nf |
| 90 | .ft 3 |
| 91 | .in +0.3i |
| 92 | ./configure; make html |
| 93 | .fi |
| 94 | .in -0.3i |
| 95 | .ft R |
| 96 | .PP |
| 97 | |
| 98 | \&\fRA premade html can be found at |
| 99 | \&\fR\&\f(CW\(ifhttp://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html\(is\fR |
| 100 | .TP |
| 101 | * \ \ |
| 102 | To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run: |
| 103 | |
| 104 | .nf |
| 105 | .ft 3 |
| 106 | .in +0.3i |
| 107 | ./configure; make info |
| 108 | .fi |
| 109 | .in -0.3i |
| 110 | .ft R |
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| 112 | |
| 113 | \&\fR |
| 114 | .PP |
| 115 | The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. Indeed, in |
| 116 | the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the |
| 117 | quoting conventions used in info. |
| 118 | .PP |