66 MS-DOS User's Reference
,abeling a
disk
Label
Purpose:
Creates, changes,
or
deletes
the
volume identification label
on
a disk.
Syntax:
label
[drive:][ label)
Comments:
The volume label may
be
up
to
11
characters in length and may
include spaces,
but
not
tabs. Aside from tabs, you also should
not
use
the
following characters in a volume label:
*?I\/.,;:+
=<>[)
If
you
do
not
specify a volume label,
label
prompts
you
with
the
following message:
Volume
in
drive
X
is
xxxxxxxxxx
Volume
label
(11
characters,
ENTER
for
none)?
_
If
the
disk
does
not
already have a volume label,
label
prompts
you
with
the
message:
Volume
in
drive
X
has
no
label
Volume
label
(11
characters,
ENTER
for
none)?
_
Type
the
volume label that you
want
and press
the
RETURN
key.
Or, you
can
press
the
RETURN
key immediately
if
you
want
to
delete
the
volume label.
Label
would
then
prompt
you with
the
message:
Delete
current
volume
label
(Y/N)?_
If
you press Y,
label
deletes
the
volume label
on
the
disk. Other-
wise,
the
volume label stays
the
same_
Note You
can
also use
the
MS-DOS
dir
command
to
determine
if
the
disk already has a volume label.
Example:
Suppose you have a disk in drive A that contains sales information
for 1986. To label this disk you might type
the
following:
label
a:sales1986
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