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NAME
       ioctl_fat - manipulating the FAT filesystem


LIBRARY
       Standard C library (libc, -lc)


SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/ioctl.h>

       int ioctl(int fd, unsigned long op, ...);


DESCRIPTION
       The  ioctl(2)  system  call  can  be  used  to  read  and  write metadata of FAT filesystems that are not
       accessible using other system calls.  The following op values are available.

   Reading and setting file attributes
       FAT_IOCTL_GET_ATTRIBUTES(2const)
       FAT_IOCTL_SET_ATTRIBUTES(2const)

   Reading the volume ID
       FAT_IOCTL_GET_VOLUME_ID(2const)

   Reading short filenames of a directory
       VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_BOTH(2const)
       VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_SHORT(2const)


RETURN VALUE
       On success, a nonnegative value is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate  the
       error.


ERRORS
       ENOTTY The file descriptor fd does not refer to an object in a FAT filesystem.


STANDARDS
       Linux.


SEE ALSO
       ioctl(2)