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Mlabel
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   The `mlabel' command adds a volume label to a disk. Its syntax is:
     `mlabel' [`-vcsn'] [`-N' SERIAL] DRIVE:[NEW_LABEL]

   `Mlabel' displays the current volume label, if present. If NEW_LABEL
is not given, and if neither the `c' nor the `s' options are set, it
prompts the user for a new volume label.  To delete an existing volume
label, press return at the prompt.

   Reasonable care is taken to create a valid MS-DOS volume label.  If
an invalid label is specified, `mlabel' changes the label (and displays
the new label if the verbose mode is set). `Mlabel' returns 0 on
success or 1 on failure.

   Mlabel supports the following options:
`c'
     Clears an existing label, without prompting the user

`s'
     Shows the existing label, without prompting the user.

`n'
     Assigns a new (random) serial number to the disk

`N SERIAL'
     Sets the supplied serial number. The serial number should be
     supplied as an 8 digit hexadecimal number, without spaces