NTFSLABEL(8)                                                                                                        NTFSLABEL(8)



NAME
       ntfslabel - display/change the label on an ntfs file system

SYNOPSIS
       ntfslabel [options] device [new-label]

DESCRIPTION
       ntfslabel will display or change the file system label on the ntfs file system located on device.

       If the optional argument new-label is not present, ntfslabel will simply display the current file system label.

       If  the optional argument new-label is present, then ntfslabel will set the file system label to be new-label.  NTFS file
       system labels can be at most 128 Unicode characters long; if new-label is longer than 128 Unicode  characters,  ntfslabel
       will truncate it and print a warning message.

       It is also possible to set the file system label using the -L option of mkntfs(8) during creation of the file system.

OPTIONS
       Below  is  a summary of all the options that ntfslabel accepts.  Nearly all options have two equivalent names.  The short
       name is preceded by - and the long name is preceded by --.  Any single letter options, that don't take an  argument,  can
       be combined into a single command, e.g.  -fv is equivalent to -f -v.  Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique
       prefix of their name.

       -f, --force
              This will override some sensible defaults, such as not working with a mounted volume.  Use this option  with  cau-
              tion.

       -h, --help
              Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.

       -n, --no-action
              Don't actually write to disk.

       -q, --quiet
              Reduce the amount of output to a minimum.

       -v, --verbose
              Increase the amount of output that ntfslabel prints.

       -V, --version
              Show the version number, copyright and license for ntfslabel.

BUGS
       There  are no known problems with ntfslabel.  If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the devel-
       opment team:
       ntfs-3g-develATlists.net

AUTHORS
       ntfslabel was written by Matthew J. Fanto, with contributions from Anton Altaparmakov and Richard Russon.  It was  ported
       to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson.

AVAILABILITY
       ntfslabel is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:
       http://www.tuxera.com/community/

       The manual pages are available online at:
       http://man.linux-ntfs.org/

SEE ALSO
       mkntfs(8), ntfsprogs(8)



ntfs-3g 2011.4.12                                         November 2005                                             NTFSLABEL(8)