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diff --git a/disk-utils/resizepart.8 b/disk-utils/resizepart.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a3ea0d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/disk-utils/resizepart.8 @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +.\" resizepart.8 -- man page for resizepart +.\" Copyright 2012 Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> +.\" Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc. +.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License +.TH RESIZEPART 8 "January 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration" +.SH NAME +resizepart \- tell the kernel about the new size of a partition +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B resizepart +.I device partition length +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B resizepart +tells the Linux kernel about the new size of the specified partition. +The command is a simple wrapper around the "resize partition" ioctl. + +This command doesn't manipulate partitions on a block device. + +.SH PARAMETERS +.TP +.I device +The disk device. +.TP +.I partition +The partition number. +.TP +.I length +The new length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR addpart (8), +.BR delpart (8), +.BR fdisk (8), +.BR parted (8), +.BR partprobe (8), +.BR partx (8) +.SH AVAILABILITY +The resizepart command is part of the util-linux package and is available from +https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |