vol (command)

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| caption = The Windows XP vol command

| developer = DR, Microsoft, IBM, Toshiba, ReactOS Contributors

| released = {{Start date and age|1983|03}}

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| 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

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In some operating systems, vol is a command within the command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM and cmd.exe. It is used to display the volume label and volume serial number of a logical drive, such as a hard disk partition or a floppy disk, if they exist.[https://www.computerhope.com/volhlp.htm MS-DOS and Windows command line vol command]

Implementations

File:ReactOS-0.4.13 vol command 667x434.png vol command]]

The command is available in various versions of DOS,{{Citation

| last1 = Jamsa

| first1 = Kris A.

| title = DOS: The Complete Reference

| publisher = Osborne McGraw-Hill

| year = 1993

| isbn = 0078819040

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UW9GAAAAYAAJ

| postscript= .

}} DR FlexOS,{{cite web|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/digitalResearch/flexos/1073-2003_FlexOS_Users_Guide_V1.3_Nov86.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925131719/http://bitsavers.org/pdf/digitalResearch/flexos/1073-2003_FlexOS_Users_Guide_V1.3_Nov86.pdf |archive-date=2019-09-25 | title=FlexOS™ User's Guide}} IBM/Toshiba 4690 OS,{{cite web| url=https://archive.org/details/4690OSV6r2UsersGuide/page/n169 | title=Unknown}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022|fix-attempted=yes}} IBM OS/2,{{Cite web |url=http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Cmd.php#VOL |title=JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands |access-date=2019-07-21 |archive-date=2019-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414130029/http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Cmd.php#VOL |url-status=dead }} Microsoft Windows,[https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491030.aspx Microsoft TechNet Vol article] and ReactOS.{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/reactos/reactos/blob/master/base/shell/cmd/vol.c|title = Reactos/Reactos|website = GitHub|date = 4 November 2021}}

On MS-DOS, the command is available in versions 2 and later.{{Cite book|author-last=Wolverton|author-first=Van|title=Running MS-DOS Version 6.22 (20th Anniversary Edition), 6th Revised edition|date=2003|publisher=Microsoft Press|isbn=0-7356-1812-7}} Paragon Technology Systems PTS-DOS 2000 Pro also includes a {{code|vol}} implementation.

{{cite web |title=PTS-DOS 2000 Pro User Manual |publisher=Paragon Technology GmbH |location=Buggingen, Germany |date=1999 |url=http://download.paragon-software.com/doc/manual_dos_eng.pdf |access-date=2018-05-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512094512/http://download.paragon-software.com/doc/manual_dos_eng.pdf |archive-date=2018-05-12}}

The Windows dir command also displays the volume label and serial number (if it has one) as part of the directory listing.

The command is also available in the EFI shell.{{cite web

| url = http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/efi-shells-and-scripting/

| title = EFI Shells and Scripting

| publisher = Intel

| access-date = 2013-09-25

}}

Syntax

vol [Drive:]

Arguments:

Drive: This command-line argument specifies the drive letter of the disk for which to display the volume label and serial number.

Note:

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. The vol command displays the volume labels consecutively.