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.TH FAT_IOCTL_GET_VOLUME_ID 2const 2025-05-17 "Linux man-pages 6.16"
.SH NAME
FAT_IOCTL_GET_VOLUME_ID
\-
read the volume ID in a FAT filesystem
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#include <linux/msdos_fs.h>" "  /* Definition of " FAT_* " constants */"
.B #include <sys/ioctl.h>
.P
.BI "int ioctl(int " fd ", FAT_IOCTL_GET_VOLUME_ID, uint32_t *" id );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
FAT filesystems are identified by a volume ID.
The volume ID can be read with
.BR FAT_IOCTL_GET_VOLUME_ID .
.P
The
.I fd
argument can be a file descriptor for any file or directory of the
filesystem.
It is sufficient to create the file descriptor by calling
.BR open (2)
with the
.B O_RDONLY
flag.
.P
The
.I id
argument is a pointer to the field that will be filled with the volume ID.
Typically the volume ID is displayed to the user as a group of two
16-bit fields:
.P
.in +4n
.EX
printf("Volume ID %04x\-%04x\[rs]n", id >> 16, id & 0xFFFF);
.EE
.in
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
0 is returned.
On error, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
.SH STANDARDS
Linux.
.SH HISTORY
Linux 3.11.
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.SH EXAMPLES
The following program demonstrates the use of
.BR ioctl (2)
to display the volume ID of a FAT filesystem.
.P
The following output was recorded when applying the program for
directory
.IR /mnt/user :
.P
.in +4n
.EX
$ ./display_fat_volume_id /mnt/user
Volume ID 6443\-6241
.EE
.in
.SS Program source (display_fat_volume_id.c)
\&
.\" SRC BEGIN (display_fat_volume_id.c)
.EX
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <linux/msdos_fs.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
\&
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int       fd;
    int       ret;
    uint32_t  id;
\&
    if (argc != 2) {
        printf("Usage: %s FILENAME\[rs]n", argv[0]);
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
\&
    fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
    if (fd == \-1) {
        perror("open");
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
\&
    /*
     * Read volume ID.
     */
    ret = ioctl(fd, FAT_IOCTL_GET_VOLUME_ID, &id);
    if (ret == \-1) {
        perror("ioctl");
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
\&
    /*
     * Format the output as two groups of 16 bits each.
     */
    printf("Volume ID %04x\-%04x\[rs]n", id >> 16, id & 0xFFFF);
\&
    close(fd);
\&
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
.EE
.\" SRC END
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ioctl (2),
.BR ioctl_fat (2)