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

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

SYNOPSIS
       e2label device [ volume-label ]

DESCRIPTION
       e2label  will  display  or change the volume label on the ext2, ext3, or ext4 file system lo‐
       cated 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
       e2label was written by Theodore Ts'o (tytso AT mit.edu).

AVAILABILITY
       e2label is part of the e2fsprogs  package  and  is  available  from  http://e2fsprogs.source‐
       forge.net.

SEE ALSO
       mke2fs(8), tune2fs(8)


E2fsprogs version 1.47.0                    February 2023                                 E2LABEL(8)