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diff --git a/misc/e2label.8.in b/misc/e2label.8.in new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fa5294c --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/e2label.8.in @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +.\" -*- nroff -*- +.\" Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 by Theodore Ts'o. All Rights Reserved. +.\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License. +.\" +.TH E2LABEL 8 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@" +.SH NAME +e2label \- Change the label on an ext2/ext3/ext4 file system +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B e2label +.I device +[ +.I volume-label +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B e2label +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 volume-label +is not present, +.B e2label +will simply display the current volume label. +.PP +If the optional argument +.I volume-label +is present, then +.B e2label +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. For other file systems that +support online label manipulation and are mounted +.B e2label +will work as well, but it will not attempt to truncate the +.I volume-label +at all. +.PP +It is also possible to set the volume label using the +.B \-L +option of +.BR tune2fs (8). +.PP +.SH AUTHOR +.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 +http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR mke2fs (8), +.BR tune2fs (8) + |