From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:22:06 +0000 (-0500) Subject: e2label.8, tune2fs.8: use volume label terminology consistently X-Git-Tag: 1.43.4~9 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=394606651d94dc44101f948faadf5971e81a282b;p=thirdparty%2Fe2fsprogs.git e2label.8, tune2fs.8: use volume label terminology consistently Addresses-Debian-Bug: #852726 Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o --- diff --git a/misc/e2label.8.in b/misc/e2label.8.in index aff08d9cd..5d3a11338 100644 --- a/misc/e2label.8.in +++ b/misc/e2label.8.in @@ -9,33 +9,33 @@ e2label \- Change the label on an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem .B e2label .I device [ -.I new-label +.I volume-label ] .SH DESCRIPTION .B e2label -will display or change the filesystem label on the ext2, ext3, or ext4 +will display or change the volume label on the ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystem located on .I device. .PP If the optional argument -.I new-label +.I volume-label is not present, .B e2label -will simply display the current filesystem label. +will simply display the current volume label. .PP If the optional argument -.I new-label +.I volume-label is present, then .B e2label -will set the filesystem label to be -.IR new-label . -Ext2 filesystem labels can be at most 16 characters long; if -.I new-label +will set the volume label to be +.IR volume-label . +Ext2 volume labels can be at most 16 characters long; if +.I volume-label is longer than 16 characters, .B e2label will truncate it and print a warning message. .PP -It is also possible to set the filesystem label using the +It is also possible to set the volume label using the .B \-L option of .BR tune2fs (8). diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.8.in b/misc/tune2fs.8.in index fc326a1cf..5c885f9ac 100644 --- a/misc/tune2fs.8.in +++ b/misc/tune2fs.8.in @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ tune2fs \- adjust tunable filesystem parameters on ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystems ] [ .B \-L -.I volume-name +.I volume-label ] [ .B \-M @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ program. The .I device specifier can either be a filename (i.e., /dev/sda1), or a LABEL or UUID -specifier: "\fBLABEL=\fIvolume-name\fR" or "\fBUUID=\fIuuid\fR". (i.e., +specifier: "\fBLABEL=\fIvolume-label\fR" or "\fBUUID=\fIuuid\fR". (i.e., LABEL=home or UUID=e40486c6-84d5-4f2f-b99c-032281799c9d). .SH OPTIONS .TP @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ by and .BR /etc/fstab (5) (and possibly others) by specifying -.BI LABEL= volume_label +.BI LABEL= volume-label instead of a block special device name like .BR /dev/hda5 . .TP