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PARTPROBE(8)                   GNU Parted Manual                  PARTPROBE(8)

NAME
       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 par-
       tition table changes, by requesting that the operating  system  re-read
       the partition table.
OPTIONS
       This program uses short UNIX style options.
       -d     Don't update the kernel.
       -s     Show a summary of devices and their partitions.
       -h     Show summary of options.
       -v     Show version of program.
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).

parted                          March 18, 2002                    PARTPROBE(8)