ioctl_fat - manipulating the FAT filesystem
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Description
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.
ReadingandsettingfileattributesFAT_IOCTL_GET_ATTRIBUTES(2const)
FAT_IOCTL_SET_ATTRIBUTES(2const)
ReadingthevolumeIDFAT_IOCTL_GET_VOLUME_ID(2const)
ReadingshortfilenamesofadirectoryVFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_BOTH(2const)
VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_SHORT(2const)
Errors
ENOTTY The file descriptor fd does not refer to an object in a FAT filesystem.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
ioctl_fat - manipulating the FAT filesystem
Return Value
On success, a nonnegative value is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the
error.
See Also
ioctl(2)
Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-06-14 ioctl_fat(2)
Standards
Linux.
Synopsis
#include<sys/ioctl.h>intioctl(intfd,unsignedlongop,...);
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