redhat 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, 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). parted March 18, 2002 PARTPROBE(8)
Related Man Pages
parted(8) - redhat
srp-gen(1) - debian
partx(8) - suse
addpart(8) - opensolaris
parted(8) - opensolaris
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