e2label(8) — Linux manual page

E2LABEL(8)               System Manager's Manual              E2LABEL(8)

NAME         top

       e2label - Change the label on an ext2/ext3/ext4 file system

SYNOPSIS         top

       e2label device [ volume-label ]

DESCRIPTION         top

       e2label will display or change the volume label on the ext2,
       ext3, or ext4 file system located on device.

       If the optional argument volume-label is not present, e2label
       will simply display the current volume label.

       If the optional argument volume-label is present, then e2label
       will set the volume label to be volume-label.  Ext2 volume labels
       can be at most 16 characters long; if volume-label is longer than
       16 characters, e2label will truncate it and print a warning
       message.  For other file systems that support online label
       manipulation and are mounted e2label will work as well, but it
       will not attempt to truncate the volume-label at all.

       It is also possible to set the volume label using the -L option
       of tune2fs(8).

AUTHOR         top

       e2label was written by Theodore Ts'o (tytso@mit.edu).

AVAILABILITY         top

       e2label is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available from
       http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.

SEE ALSO         top

       mke2fs(8), tune2fs(8)

COLOPHON         top

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E2fsprogs version 1.46.6-rc1 September 2022                   E2LABEL(8)

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