partprobe (8) - Linux Manuals

partprobe: inform the OS of partition table changes

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.

OPTIONS

This program uses short UNIX style options.

-d, --dry-run

Don't update the kernel.

-s, --summary

Show a summary of devices and their partitions.

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-v, --version

Show version of program.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-parted [at] gnu.org>

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel [at] debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).