From: Vincent McIntyre Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2021 02:37:52 +0000 (+1100) Subject: Manual pages: document the 'resize' command X-Git-Tag: v2.37-rc1~204^2~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3e01d4a24d3163acc70f6b79c30d1093a9cb5cf5;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git Manual pages: document the 'resize' command Reported in https://bugs.debian.org/906918, https://bugs.debian.org/915971. Signed-off-by: Vincent McIntyre --- diff --git a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 index a61aad71f3..4e3dfca1a8 100644 --- a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 +++ b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 @@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB Quit the program. This will exit the program without writing any data to the disk. .TP +.B r +Reduce or enlarge the current partition. +.B cfdisk +then prompts you for the new size of the partition. +The default size is the current size. +A partition marked as free space or marked as unusable cannot be resized. + +Note that reducing the size of a partition might destroy data on that partition. +.TP .B s Sort the partitions in ascending start-sector order. When deleting and adding partitions, it is likely that the numbering of the partitions will