E2LABEL(8)                                                                             E2LABEL(8)



NAME
       e2label - Change the label on an ext2/ext3 filesystem

SYNOPSIS
       e2label device [ new-label ]

DESCRIPTION
       e2label  will  display  or  change  the filesystem label on the ext2 filesystem located on
       device.

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

       If  the optional argument new-label is present, then e2label will set the filesystem label
       to be new-label.  Ext2 filesystem labels can be at most 16 characters long;  if  new-label
       is longer than 16 characters, e2label will truncate it and print a warning message.

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


AUTHOR
       e2label was written by Theodore Ts'o ().

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 1.35                    February 2004                                E2LABEL(8)