ioctl_fat(2) System Calls Manual ioctl_fat(2)
NAME
ioctl_fat - 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 fol-
lowing 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
ioctl(2)
Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-06-14 ioctl_fat(2)
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