suse man page for partprobe

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)