VOL

Displays the disk volume label and serial number, if the disk has them.

Syntax

    VOL [drive:]

Parameters

drive:
    Specifies the drive that contains the disk for which you want
    to display the volume label and serial number.

    To display the volume label of the disk in the current drive,
    you can use the VOL command with no parameter.

Related Commands

For information about the [/V[:label]] switch, see the <FORMAT> command.

For information about assigning a volume label, see the <LABEL> command.

Batch Example

   @echo off %[-- Notice: WRAP/broken lines --]%
   :xx (Uppercase)
   choice /n /cABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Choose Drive Or Hit ESC:
   for %%v in (A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do if er
rorlevel xx%%v set drive=%%v
   if not errorlevel 27 for %%v in (echo.------------[Uppercase]:%drive% ech
o. goto:xx) do %%v
   for %%v in (set cls) do %%v drive=

   :x  (lowercase)
   choice /n /cabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz choose drive or hit ESC:
   for %%v in (a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z) do if er
rorlevel x%%v set drive=%%v
   if not errorlevel 27 for %%v in (echo.------------[lowercase]:%drive% ech
o. goto:x) do %%v
   for %%v in (set cls) do %%v drive=

VOL--Batch Example

   @echo off %[-- Notice: WRAP/broken lines --]%
   choice /n/cabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Please choose a let
ter for a valid drive: 

   if not errorlevel 17 goto end
   for %%v in (A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do if er
rorlevel %%v set drive=%%v

   ver | find "Windows 9" > nul
   if not errorlevel 1 goto win9x

   vol %drive%: | find "%drive% "

   for %%v in (set pause cls goto:end) do %%v drive=
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   :win9x -- example, (redirection of output)
   rem > [2].bat
   for %%v in (@echo:off "if not '=='%%1 goto v") do echo:%%v>> [2].bat
   vol %drive%: | find /n " " >> [2].bat
   for %%v in (:v "for %%%%v in (1 2 3 4 5) do shift") do echo %%v>> [2].bat
   echo echo.Volume in drive %drive% is: %%1 %%2 %%3 %%4 %%5 %%6>> [2].bat
   set drive=
   for %%v in (REM:edit REM:pause call erase pause cls) do %%v [2].bat
   :end