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
       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
       ioctl(2)

Linux man-pages 6.9.1             2024-06-14                      ioctl_fat(2)