partprobe

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).