partprobe(8)

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.

Options

This program uses short UNIX style options.

-d, –dry-run

Don’t update the kernel.

-s, –summary

Show a summary of devices and their partitions.

-h, –help

Show summary of options.

-v, –version

Show version of program.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <bug-parted [at] gnu.org>

See Also

parted(8).

Author

This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel [at] debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).