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diff --git a/disk-utils/addpart.8 b/disk-utils/addpart.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..97d11ad --- /dev/null +++ b/disk-utils/addpart.8 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +.\" addpart.8 -- man page for addpart +.\" Copyright 2007 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> +.\" Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc. +.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License +.TH ADDPART 8 "January 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration" +.SH NAME +addpart \- tell the kernel about the existence of a partition +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B addpart +.I device partition start length +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B addpart +tells the Linux kernel about the existence of the specified partition. +The command is a simple wrapper around the "add 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 start +The beginning of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). +.TP +.I length +The length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR delpart (8), +.BR fdisk (8), +.BR parted (8), +.BR partprobe (8), +.BR partx (8) +.SH AVAILABILITY +The addpart command is part of the util-linux package and is available from +https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |