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diff --git a/disk-utils/delpart.8 b/disk-utils/delpart.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7384e25 --- /dev/null +++ b/disk-utils/delpart.8 @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +.\" delpart.8 -- man page for delpart +.\" Copyright 2007 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> +.\" Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc. +.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License +.TH DELPART 8 "January 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration" +.SH NAME +delpart \- tell the kernel to forget about a partition +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B delpart +.I device partition +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B delpart +asks the Linux kernel to forget about the specified \fIpartition\fR +(a number) on the specified \fIdevice\fR. +The command is a simple wrapper around the "del partition" ioctl. + +This command doesn't manipulate partitions on a block device. + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR addpart (8), +.BR fdisk (8), +.BR parted (8), +.BR partprobe (8), +.BR partx (8) +.SH AVAILABILITY +The delpart command is part of the util-linux package and is available from +https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |