vol (command)
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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. It is available in various operating systems including versions of DOS, FlexOS, 4690 OS, OS/2, Windows, ReactOS, PTS-DOS 2000 Pro, and EFI shell. In MS-DOS, it is available in versions 2 and later.
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:
In Windows, the command line vol C: reports the label as "Windows" and the serial number as "080F-100B" like:
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
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). . 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.