partprobe (8)

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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.

-d

Don't update the kernel.

-s

Show a summary of devices and their partitions.

-h

Show summary of options.

-v

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).

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