Label (command)

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Developers Microsoft, IBM, Digital Research, Novell, Joe Cosentino, ReactOS Contributors
Initial releaseAugust 1984;41 years ago (1984-08)
Operating system MS-DOS, PC DOS, SISNE plus, OS/2, eComStation, ArcaOS, Windows, DR DOS, ROM-DOS, PTS-DOS, FreeDOS, ReactOS
Platform Cross-platform
Type Command
License MS-DOS, PC DOS, Windows, OS/2: Proprietary commercial software
FreeDOS, ReactOS: GNU General Public License
Website docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/label

label is a shell command for setting the label of a volume (a.k.a. logical drive).

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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. 5.25-floppy-front.jpg
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 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

  1. ↑ Jamsa, Kris A. (1993), DOS: The Complete Reference, Osborne McGraw-Hill, ISBN   0078819040.
  2. ↑ "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. ↑ "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. ↑ "FreeDOS 1.2 Updates Package - label (FreeDOS Base)". Ibiblio.org. 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  7. ↑ 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. 1 2 Label - Disk label - Windows CMD - SS64.com

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