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.\" -*- 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 filesystem
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B e2label
.I device
[
.I new-label
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B e2label
will display or change the filesystem label on the ext2 filesystem located on
.I device.
.PP
If the optional argument
.I new-label
is not present,
.B e2label
will simply display the current filesystem label.
.PP
If the optional argument
.I new-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,
.B e2label
will truncate it and print a warning message.
.PP
It is also possible to set the filesystem 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)
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