RESIZEPART(8) - Linux manual page online | Administration and privileged commands
Tell the kernel about the new size of a partition.
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January 2015
RESIZEPART(8) System Administration RESIZEPART(8)
NAME
resizepart - tell the kernel about the new size of a partitionSYNOPSIS
resizepart device partition lengthDESCRIPTION
resizepart tells the Linux kernel about the new size of the specified partition. The com‐ mand is a simple wrapper around the "resize partition" ioctl. This command doesn't manipulate partitions on a block device.PARAMETERS
device The disk device. partition The partition number. length The new length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).SEE ALSO
addpart(8), delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)AVAILABILITY
The resizepart command is part of the util-linux package and is available from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.| This manual | Reference | Other manuals |
|---|---|---|
| resizepart(8) | referred by | |
| refer to | addpart(8) | delpart(8) | fdisk(8) | parted(8) | partprobe(8) | partx(8) |