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RESIZEPART(8)                                   System Administration                                   RESIZEPART(8)



NAME
       resizepart - simple wrapper around the "resize partition" ioctl

SYNOPSIS
       resizepart device partition length

DESCRIPTION
       resizepart is a program that informs the Linux kernel of new partition size.

       This command doesn't manipulate partitions on hard drive.


PARAMETERS
       device Specify the disk device.

       partition
              Specify the partition number.

       length Specify the length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).


SEE ALSO
       addpart(8), delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)

AVAILABILITY
       The   resizepart   command   is   part  of  the  util-linux  package  and  is  available  from  ftp://ftp.ker‐
       nel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.



util-linux                                          February 2012                                       RESIZEPART(8)