2 .\" Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 by Theodore Ts'o. All Rights Reserved.
3 .\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License.
5 .TH E2LABEL 8 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@"
7 e2label \- Change the label on an ext2/ext3/ext4 file system
16 will display or change the volume label on the ext2, ext3, or ext4
17 file system located on
20 If the optional argument
24 will simply display the current volume label.
26 If the optional argument
30 will set the volume label to be
32 Ext2 volume labels can be at most 16 characters long; if
34 is longer than 16 characters,
36 will truncate it and print a warning message. For other file systems that
37 support online label manipulation and are mounted
39 will work as well, but it will not attempt to truncate the
43 It is also possible to set the volume label using the
50 was written by Theodore Ts'o (tytso@mit.edu).
53 is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available from
54 http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.