delpart.8

DELPART

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
REPORTING BUGS
AVAILABILITY

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NAME

delpart − tell the kernel to forget about a partition

SYNOPSIS

delpart device partition

DESCRIPTION

delpart asks the Linux kernel to forget about the specified partition (a number) on the specified device. The command is a simple wrapper around the “del partition” ioctl.

This command doesn’t manipulate partitions on a block device.

OPTIONS

−h, −−help

Display help text and exit.

−V, −−version

Print version and exit.

SEE ALSO

addpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)

REPORTING BUGS

For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/util−linux/util−linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY

The delpart command is part of the util−linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util−linux/>.

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