labelit(1M)

labelit -- provide labels for filesystems (generic)

Synopsis

labelit [-F FSType] [-V] [current_options] [-o specific_options]
special [operands]

Description

labelit can be used to provide labels for unmounted disk filesystems or filesystems being copied to tape.

The special name should be the disk partition (for example, /dev/rdsk/*, where the value of * is machine specific), or the cartridge tape (for example, /dev/rmt/*). The device may not be on a remote machine. operands are FSType-specific and the manual page of the FSType-specific labelit command should be consulted for a detailed description.

current_options are options supported by the s5-specific module of labelit. Other FSTypes do not necessarily support these options. specific_options indicate suboptions specified in a comma-separated list of suboptions and/or keyword-attribute pairs for interpretation by the FSType-specific module of the command.

The options are:

-F

Specify the FSType on which to operate. If -F FSType is not specified it will be determined by matching the special with an entry in /etc/vfstab. If this fails, heuristics similiar to those used by fstyp(1M) are used to determine the file system type.

NOTE: If the FSType is known beforehand, use the -F option. This command executes faster if it is not required to autodetect file system types.

-V

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

-o

Specify FSType-specific options.

Files

/etc/vfstab: list of default parameters for each filesystem

References

labelit_s5(1M), labelit_sfs(1M), labelit_ufs(1M), labelit_vxfs(1M), fstyp(1M), vfstab(4)

Notices

This command may not be supported for all filesystem types.