partprobe.8

PARTPROBE

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
REPORTING BUGS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

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NAME

partprobe − inform the OS of partition table changes

SYNOPSIS

partprobe [-d] [-s] [devices…]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the partprobe command.

partprobe is a program that informs the operating system kernel of partition table changes.

OPTIONS

This program uses short UNIX style options. **
-d, —dry-run**

Don’t update the kernel.

-s, —summary

Show a summary of devices and their partitions.

-h, —help

Show summary of options.

-v, —version

Show version of program.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-parted@gnu.org>

SEE ALSO

parted(8).

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

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