ioctl_fat2
Manipulating the fat filesystem
Usage
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
int ioctl(int fd, unsigned long op, ...);
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Overview
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
Reading the volume ID
Reading short filenames of a directory
Return value
On success, a nonnegative value is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
Errors
- ENOTTY
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The file descriptor fd does not refer to an object in a FAT filesystem.
Releases
6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 5 times.