EXFATLABEL(8)

📦 version 1.4.0, in alpine 3.24

💅 EXFATLABEL — get or set an exFAT file system label

okay bestie, welcome to exfatlabel(8) from the System Manager's Manual — this is the glow-up your exFAT volume name has been waiting for ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS

exfatlabel [ -V ] device [ label ]

💖 DESCRIPTION

So basically, exfatlabel reads or changes an exFAT file system label — that's the volume name, iykyk 🎀

If the label argument is present, exfatlabel sets the new volume name. And if you pass an empty label ('')? That removes the volume name entirely, no cap, gone 💀

Your label can be up to 15 characters — periodt. But heads up: that limit gets shorter if you use characters beyond Unicode BMP, because internally the label is stored in UTF-16. Not me explaining the encoding lore but here we are 🙈

If the label argument is omitted, exfatlabel just prints the current volume name. Lowkey the chillest mode 💅

✨ COMMAND LINE OPTIONS ✨

These are the command line options available:

  • -V — prints version and copyright. iconic little flex, very demure 🫶

🔥 EXIT CODES

Zero is returned on success. Any other code means an error — so if you see a nonzero, something went sideways, no cap 😭

👑 AUTHOR

Andrew Nayenko

🌈 SEE ALSO

mkexfatfs(8)

and that's the whole vibe 🦋 — this page is from the System Manager's Manual, dated September 2017, and it's giving exFATLABEL(8) main character energy. go name that volume, bestie 💖🎀

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