DELPART(8) System Manager's Manual DELPART(8)
NAME
delpart - simple wrapper around the "del partition" ioctl
SYNOPSIS
delpart device partition
DESCRIPTION
delpart is a program that asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition.
This command doesn't manipulate with partitions on hard drive.
OPTIONS
device Specify the disk device.
partition
Specify the partition number.
SEE ALSO
addpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)
AVAILABILITY
The delpart command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.
11 Jan 2007 DELPART(8)
