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| .TH PARTPROBE 8 "March 18, 2002" parted "GNU Parted Manual" |
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| .SH NAME |
| partprobe \- inform the OS of partition table changes |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B partprobe |
| .RI [ -d ] |
| .RI [ -s ] |
| .RI [ devices... ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| This manual page documents briefly the |
| .B partprobe |
| command. |
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| \fBpartprobe\fP is a program that informs the operating system kernel of |
| partition table changes, by requesting that the operating system re-read |
| the partition table. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| This program uses short UNIX style options. |
| .TP |
| .B \-d |
| Don't update the kernel. |
| .TP |
| .B \-s |
| Show a summary of devices and their partitions. |
| .TP |
| .B \-h |
| Show summary of options. |
| .TP |
| .B \-v |
| Show version of program. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR parted (8). |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>, |
| for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). |
