NAME

       ntfslabel - display/change the label on an ntfs file system

SYNOPSIS

       ntfslabel [options] device [new-label]

DESCRIPTION

       ntfslabel will display or change the file system label on the ntfs file system located on device.  It can
       also change the serial number of the device.

       If the optional argument new-label is not present, and  no  option  is  present,  ntfslabel  will  simply
       display the current file system label.

       If  the  optional  argument  new-label  is  present,  then ntfslabel will set the file system label to be
       new-label.  NTFS file system labels can be at most 128 Unicode characters long; if  new-label  is  longer
       than 128 Unicode characters, ntfslabel will truncate it and print a warning message.

       It  is also possible to set the file system label using the -L option of mkntfs(8) during creation of the
       file system.

OPTIONS

       Below is a summary of all the options that ntfslabel accepts.  Nearly all  options  have  two  equivalent
       names.   The short name is preceded by - and the long name is preceded by --.  Any single letter options,
       that don't take an argument, can be combined into a single command, e.g.  -fv is  equivalent  to  -f  -v.
       Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name.

       -f, --force
              This  will  override  some sensible defaults, such as not working with a mounted volume.  Use this
              option with caution.

       -h, --help
              Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.

       --new-serial[=ssssssssssssssss], or

       --new-half-serial[=ssssssss]
              Set a new serial number to the device, either the argument value, or a random one if  no  argument
              is given. The serial number is a 64 bit number, represented as a sixteen-digit hexadecimal number,
              used to identify the device during the mounting process. As a consequence, two  devices  with  the
              same  serial  number  cannot  be  mounted  at the same time on the same computer.  This is not the
              volume UUID used by Windows to locate files which have been moved to another volume.

              The option --new-half-serial only changes the upper part of the serial number, keeping  the  lower
              part  which  is  used  by Windows unchanged.  In this case the optional argument is an eight-digit
              hexadecimal number.

       -n, --no-action
              Don't actually write to disk.

       -q, --quiet
              Reduce the amount of output to a minimum.

       -v, --verbose
              Increase the amount of output  that  ntfslabel  prints.  The  label  and  the  serial  number  are
              displayed.

       -V, --version
              Show the version number, copyright and license for ntfslabel.

BUGS

       There  are  no  known  problems  with  ntfslabel.   If you find a bug please send an email describing the
       problem to the development team:
       ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net

AUTHORS

       ntfslabel was written by Matthew J. Fanto, with contributions from Anton Altaparmakov and Richard Russon.
       It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson.

AVAILABILITY

       ntfslabel is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:
       http://www.tuxera.com/community/

SEE ALSO

       mkntfs(8), ntfsprogs(8)