| label | |
|---|---|
| Developers | Microsoft, IBM, Digital Research, Novell, Joe Cosentino, ReactOS Contributors |
| Initial release | August 1984 (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 |
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.78
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.
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.
References
References
- Jamsa, Kris A. (1993), DOS: The Complete Reference, Osborne McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0078819040.
- "JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands". www.jatomes.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14.
- Microsoft TechNet Label article
- https://github.com/reactos/reactos/blob/master/base/shell/cmd/label.c
- "DR DOS 6.0 User Guide Optimisation and Configuration Tips" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- "FreeDOS 1.2 Updates Package - label (FreeDOS Base)". Ibiblio.org. 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- Wolverton, Van (2003). Running MS-DOS Version 6.22 (20th Anniversary Edition), 6th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 0-7356-1812-7.
- MS-DOS and Windows command line label command
- Label - Disk label - Windows CMD - SS64.com
Further reading
Further reading
- Cooper, Jim (2001). Special Edition Using MS-DOS 6.22, Third Edition. Que Publishing. ISBN 978-0789725738.
- Tim O'Reilly; Troy Mott; Walter Glenn (1999). Windows 98 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference. O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924864.
- John Paul Mueller (2007). Windows Administration at the Command Line for Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0470165799.