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.TH E2LABEL 8 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@"
.SH NAME
-e2label \- Change the label on an ext2 filesystem
+e2label \- Change the label on an ext2/ext3/ext4 file system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B e2label
.I device
[
-.I new-label
+.I volume-label
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B e2label
-will display or change the filesystem label on the ext2 filesystem located on
-.I device.
+will display or change the volume label on the ext2, ext3, or ext4
+file system located on
+.I device.
.PP
-If the optional argument
-.I new-label
-is not present,
+If the optional argument
+.I volume-label
+is not present,
.B e2label
-will simply display the current filesystem label.
+will simply display the current volume label.
.PP
If the optional argument
-.I new-label
-is present, then
+.I volume-label
+is present, then
.B e2label
-will set the filesystem label to be
-.IR new-label .
-Ext2 filesystem labels can be at most 16 characters long; if
-.I new-label
-is longer than 16 characters,
+will set the volume label to be
+.IR volume-label .
+Ext2 volume labels can be at most 16 characters long; if
+.I volume-label
+is longer than 16 characters,
.B e2label
-will truncate it and print a warning message.
+will truncate it and print a warning message.
.PP
-It is also possible to set the filesystem label using the
+It is also possible to set the volume label using the
.B \-L
-option of
+option of
.BR tune2fs (8).
.PP
.SH AUTHOR
-.B e2label
+.B e2label
was written by Theodore Ts'o (tytso@mit.edu).
.SH AVAILABILITY
.B e2label
-is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available from anonymous
+is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available from
http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR mke2fs (8),