resizepart (8) - Linux Manuals

resizepart: tell the kernel about the new size of a partition

Command to display resizepart manual in Linux: $ man 8 resizepart

NAME

resizepart - tell the kernel about the new size of a partition

SYNOPSIS

resizepart device partition length

DESCRIPTION

resizepart tells the Linux kernel about the new size of the specified partition. The command 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).

REPORTING BUGS

For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY

The resizepart command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.