NAME |LIBRARY |SYNOPSIS |DESCRIPTION |RETURN VALUE |ERRORS |STANDARDS |HISTORY |NOTES |SEE ALSO |COLOPHON | |
FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL(2const)FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL(2const)FS_IOC_GETFSLABEL, FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL - get or set a filesystem label
Standard C library (libc,-lc)
#include <linux/fs.h>/* Definition of*FSLABEL*constants */#include <sys/ioctl.h>int ioctl(intfd, FS_IOC_GETFSLABEL, charlabel[FSLABEL_MAX]);int ioctl(intfd, FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL, charlabel[FSLABEL_MAX]);
If a filesystem supports online label manipulation, theseioctl(2) operations can be used to get or set the filesystem label for the filesystem on whichfd resides. TheFS_IOC_SETFSLABELoperation requires privilege (CAP_SYS_ADMIN).
On success zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, anderrno is set to indicate the error.
Possible errors include (but are not limited to) the following:EFAULTlabel references an inaccessible memory area.EINVALThe specified label exceeds the maximum label length for the filesystem.ENOTTYThis can appear if the filesystem does not support online label manipulation.EPERMThe calling process does not have sufficient permissions to set the label.
Linux.
Linux 4.18. They were previously known asBTRFS_IOC_GET_FSLABELandBTRFS_IOC_SET_FSLABELand were private to Btrfs.
The maximum string length for this interface isFSLABEL_MAX, including the terminating null byte ('\0'). Filesystems have differing maximum label lengths, which may or may not include the terminating null. The string provided toFS_IOC_SETFSLABELmust always be null-terminated, and the string returned byFS_IOC_GETFSLABELwill always be null-terminated.ioctl(2),blkid(8)
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