ioctl_fat - Man Page
manipulating the FAT filesystem
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Synopsis
#include <sys/ioctl.h> int ioctl(int fd, unsigned long op, ...);
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.
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
On success, a nonnegative value is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
Errors
- ENOTTY
The file descriptor fd does not refer to an object in a FAT filesystem.
Standards
Linux.
See Also
Referenced By
2024-06-14 Linux man-pages 6.9.1