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Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:18:11 +1100
From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com>
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Subject: volume serial number + volume label
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Hi,

How can I programmatically retrieve the "volume serial number" and
"volume label" of a removable disc in FreeBSD?  This is the same
information that's presented by issuing a "dir" command in Windows:

 Volume in drive D is FooBar
 Volume Serial Number is 58BB-96AA

This is for a small disk cataloguing program I'm writing in Python and
C++.

Thanks.

Regards
Andrew