| vol | |
|---|---|
 The Windows XP vol command | |
| Developers | DR, Microsoft, IBM, Toshiba, ReactOS Contributors |
| Release | March 1983 |
| Operating system | MS-DOS, PC DOS, MSX-DOS, FlexOS, SISNE plus, OS/2, eComStation, ArcaOS, DR DOS, ROM-DOS, 4690 OS, PTS-DOS, Windows, FreeDOS, ReactOS |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Command |
vol commandvol is a shell command that reports identifying information about an accessible volume (a.k.a. logical drive) including its label and serial number.
The command is available in shells COMMAND.COM and cmd.exe.[1] It is available in various operating systems including versions of
DOS,[2]
FlexOS,[3]
4690 OS,[4]
OS/2,[5]
Windows,[6]
ReactOS,[7]
PTS-DOS 2000 Pro,[8]
and EFI shell.[9]
In MS-DOS, it is available in versions 2 and later.[10]
The dir command also displays the volume label and serial number (if any).
Use
The command reports information about the volume associated with the working directory by default. If a drive letter is specified, then the command reports information about its associated volume. On Windows, the volume serial number is displayed only for disks formatted with MS-DOS version 4.0 or later. OS/2 allows the user to specify more than one drive.
Examples
In OS/2, the command line vol C: reports the label as "OS/2" and the serial number as "0815:1611" like:
The volume label in drive C is OS/2.
The Volume Serial Number is 0815:1611.
In Windows, the command line vol C: reports the label as "Windows" and the serial number as "080F-100B" like:
Volume in drive C is Windows
Volume Serial Number is 080F-100B
If drive C: had no label, "has no label" would have shown instead of "is Windows".
Supported file systems
See also
- Label (command) — Used to create, change and delete the disk volume label.
- List of DOS commands
References
- ↑ MS-DOS and Windows command line vol command
- ↑ Jamsa, Kris A. (1993), DOS: The Complete Reference, Osborne McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0078819040.
- ↑ "FlexOS™ User's Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Unknown".[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands". Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- ↑ Microsoft TechNet Vol article
- ↑ "Reactos/Reactos". GitHub. 4 November 2021.
- ↑ "PTS-DOS 2000 Pro User Manual" (PDF). Buggingen, Germany: Paragon Technology GmbH. 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ↑ "EFI Shells and Scripting". Intel. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
- ↑ Wolverton, Van (2003). Running MS-DOS Version 6.22 (20th Anniversary Edition), 6th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 0-7356-1812-7.
Further reading
- Cooper, Jim (2001). Special Edition Using MS-DOS 6.22, Third Edition. Que Publishing. ISBN 978-0789725738.
- Tim O'Reilly; Troy Mott; Walter Glenn (1999). Windows 98 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference. O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1565924864.
- John Paul Mueller (2007). Windows Administration at the Command Line for Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0470165799.
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