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+.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
+.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
+.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
+.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
+.TH PARTPROBE 8 "March 18, 2002" parted "GNU Parted Manual"
+.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
+.\"
+.\" Some roff macros, for reference:
+.\" .nh disable hyphenation
+.\" .hy enable hyphenation
+.\" .ad l left justify
+.\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins
+.\" .nf disable filling
+.\" .fi enable filling
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+.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7)
+.SH NAME
+partprobe \- inform the OS of partition table changes
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B partprobe
+.RI [ -d ]
+.RI [ -s ]
+.RI [ devices... ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This manual page documents briefly the
+.B partprobe
+command.
+.PP
+.\" TeX users may be more comfortable with the \fB<whatever>\fP and
+.\" \fI<whatever>\fP escape sequences to invode bold face and italics,
+.\" respectively.
+\fBpartprobe\fP is a program that informs the operating system kernel of
+partition table changes.
+.SH OPTIONS
+This program uses short UNIX style options.
+.TP
+.B -d, --dry-run
+Don't update the kernel.
+.TP
+.B -s, --summary
+Show a summary of devices and their partitions.
+.TP
+.B -h, --help
+Show summary of options.
+.TP
+.B -v, --version
+Show version of program.
+.SH REPORTING BUGS
+Report bugs to <bug-parted@gnu.org>
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR parted (8).
+.SH AUTHOR
+This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>,
+for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).