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ioctl_fat(2)               System Calls Manual              ioctl_fat(2)

NAME         top

       ioctl_fat - manipulating the FAT filesystem

LIBRARY         top

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <sys/ioctl.h>

       int ioctl(int fd, unsigned long op, ...);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The ioctl(2) system call can be used to read and write metadata
       of FAT filesystems that are not accessible using other system
       calls.  The following op values are available.

   Reading and setting file attributes
       FAT_IOCTL_GET_ATTRIBUTES(2const)
       FAT_IOCTL_SET_ATTRIBUTES(2const)

   Reading the volume ID
       FAT_IOCTL_GET_VOLUME_ID(2const)

   Reading short filenames of a directory
       VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_BOTH(2const)
       VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_SHORT(2const)

RETURN VALUE         top

       On success, a nonnegative value is returned.  On error, -1 is
       returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS         top

       ENOTTY The file descriptor fd does not refer to an object in a
              FAT filesystem.

STANDARDS         top

       Linux.

SEE ALSO         top

       ioctl(2)

COLOPHON         top

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Linux man-pages 6.9.1          2024-06-14                   ioctl_fat(2)

Pages that refer to this page: FAT_IOCTL_GET_VOLUME_ID(2const),  FAT_IOCTL_SET_ATTRIBUTES(2const),  ioctl(2),  VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_BOTH(2const)

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