Manual - Section 1: mlabel

Name

mlabel - make an MSDOS volume label

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Description

The

mlabel

command adds a volume label to a disk. Its syntax is:

mlabel

[

-vcsn

] [

-N

serial] drive:[new_label]

Mlabel

displays the current volume label, if present. If new_label is not given, and if neither the

nor the

options are set, it prompts the user for a new volume label. To delete an existing volume label, press return at the prompt.

Reasonable care is taken to create a valid MS-DOS volume label. If an invalid label is specified,

mlabel

changes the label (and displays the new label if the verbose mode is set).

Mlabel

returns 0 on success or 1 on failure.

Mlabel supports the following options:

c

Clears an existing label, without prompting the user

s

Shows the existing label, without prompting the user.

n

Assigns a new (random) serial number to the disk

N
serial

Sets the supplied serial number. The serial number should be supplied as an 8 digit hexadecimal number, without spaces

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