fatlabel − display/change the label on a FAT file system
fatlabel [options] device
fatlabel will display or change the file system label on the FAT file system located on device.
If the option −l is not specified, the current volume label will be printed to standard output and no modifications will be made.
It is also possible to set the file system label using the −l option of mkfatfs(8) during creation of the file system.
Below is a
summary of all the options that fatlabel accepts.
Nearly all options have two equivalent names. The short name
is preceded by − and the long name is preceded
by −−.
−l, −−label LABEL
Set the volume label of a FAT volume to LABEL. The volume label is limited to 11 ASCII units, i.e. 11 bytes in most cases.
There are no known problems with fatlabel. If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to fat-support@tuxera.com.
fatlabel was written by Sougata Santra, Tuxera Inc.
fatlabel is part of the Tuxera TFATprogs package.