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PARTPROBE(8) GNU Parted Manual PARTPROBE(8)

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, by requesting that the operating system re-read the partition table.

OPTIONS

This program uses short UNIX style options.

Don't update the kernel.
Show a summary of devices and their partitions.
Show summary of options.
Show version of program.

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).

March 18, 2002 parted