bsd man page for partprobe

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PARTPROBE(8)							 GNU Parted Manual						      PARTPROBE(8)

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@gnu.org>

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).

parted								  March 18, 2002						      PARTPROBE(8)
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