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Name

Synopsis

Availability

SUNWcsu

Description

labelit is used to write or display labels on unmounted disk file systems.

Options

-F FSType

Specify the FSType on which to operate. The FSType should either be specified here or be determinable from /etc/vfstab by matching the special with an entry in the table. If no matching entry is found, the default file system type specified in /etc/default/fs will be used.

-V

Echo complete command line. This option may be used to verify and validate the command line. Additional information obtained using a /etc/vfstab lookup is included in the output. The command is not executed.

-o FSType-specific_options

Specify FSType-specific options in a comma separated (without spaces) list of suboptions and keyword-attribute pairs for interpretation by the FSType-specific module of the command.

Operands

special

name should be the disk partition (for example, /dev/rdsk/c0d0s6). The device may not be on a remote machine.

operands

FSType-specific operands. Consult the manual page of the FSType-specific labelit(1M) command for detailed descriptions. If no operands are specified, labelit will display the value of the labels.

Exit Status

1. Write or display of labels was successful.
   non-zero
   An error occurred.

   Files

   /etc/vfstab

   list of default parameters for each file system

   /etc/default/fs

   default local file system type. Default values can be set for the following flags in /etc/default/fs. For example: LOCAL =ufs

   LOCAL:

   The default partition for a command if no FSType is specified.

   See Also

   volcopy(1M) , vfstab(4)
   Manual pages for the FSType-specific modules of labelit

   Notes

   This command may not be supported for all FSTypes.

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   • Name
   • Synopsis
   • Availability
   • Description
   • Options
   • Operands
   • Exit Status
   • Files
   • See Also
   • Notes