disk-utils/resizepart.8.adoc

   1 //po4a: entry man manual
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   3 resizepart.8 -- man page for resizepart
   4 Copyright 2012 Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
   5 Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
   6 May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
   7 ////
   8 = resizepart(8)
   9 :doctype: manpage
  10 :man manual: System Administration
  11 :man source: util-linux {release-version}
  12 :page-layout: base
  13 :command: resizepart
  14
  15 == NAME
  16
  17 resizepart - tell the kernel about the new size of a partition
  18
  19 == SYNOPSIS
  20
  21 *resizepart* _device partition length_
  22
  23 == DESCRIPTION
  24
  25 *resizepart* tells the Linux kernel about the new size of the specified partition. The command is a simple wrapper around the "resize partition" ioctl.
  26
  27 This command doesn't manipulate partitions on a block device.
  28
  29 == PARAMETERS
  30
  31 _device_::
  32 The disk device.
  33
  34 _partition_::
  35 The partition number.
  36
  37 _length_::
  38 The new length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
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  41
  42 == SEE ALSO
  43
  44 *addpart*(8),
  45 *delpart*(8),
  46 *fdisk*(8),
  47 *parted*(8),
  48 *partprobe*(8),
  49 *partx*(8)
  50
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