label (command)

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Initial releaseAugust 1984; 42 years ago (1984-08)
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PlatformCross-platform
TypeCommand
LicenseMS-DOS, PC DOS, Windows, OS/2: Proprietary commercial software
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label is a shell command for setting the label of a volume (a.k.a. logical drive).

The command is supported for most variants of the FAT file system and for NTFS. It is available in various operating systems such as DOS,[1] OS/2,[2] Windows,[3] ReactOS,[4] DR DOS 6.0,[5] and FreeDOS.[6] It is available in MS-DOS versions 3.1 and later and IBM PC DOS releases 3 and later.[7][8]

In modern versions of Windows, changing the label requires elevated permissions.[9]

The current label is reported by both the dir and vol commands.

In Unix-like systems, various commands set a storage label. For instance, the command e2label is for an ext2 partition.

5 1⁄4-inch floppy disk with a hand-written label.

The command was originally designed to label floppy disks as a reminder of which one is in the disk drive. But it can be used for other types of storage media.[9]

Use

With no options, the command accepts a single argument may start with a drive letter (ending with a colon) and may end with label text. Without a drive letter, the command operates on the volume associated with the working directory. Without label text, the command clears the label.

For example, the command line label D:Backup sets the label of Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.D: to "Backup".

With the /MP option, the command accepts up to two arguments: volume and label. In this case, the volume argument is treated as a mount point or a volume name. If volume name is specified, the /MP option is unnecessary.

See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jamsa, Kris A. (1993), DOS: The Complete Reference, Osborne McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0078819040.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands". www.jatomes.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14.
  3. ^ Microsoft TechNet Label article
  4. ^ https://github.com/reactos/reactos/blob/master/base/shell/cmd/label.c [dead link]
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."DR DOS 6.0 User Guide Optimisation and Configuration Tips" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FreeDOS 1.2 Updates Package - label (FreeDOS Base)". Ibiblio.org. 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wolverton, Van (2003). Running MS-DOS Version 6.22 (20th Anniversary Edition), 6th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 0-7356-1812-7.
  8. ^ MS-DOS and Windows command line label command
  9. ^ a b Label - Disk label - Windows CMD - SS64.com

Further reading

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