delpart(8) — Linux manual page

DELPART(8)                System Administration                DELPART(8)

NAME         top

       delpart - tell the kernel to forget about a partition

SYNOPSIS         top

       delpart device partition

DESCRIPTION         top

       delpart asks the Linux kernel to forget about the specified
       partition (a number) on the specified device. The command is a
       simple wrapper around the "del partition" ioctl.

       This command doesn’t manipulate partitions on a block device.

OPTIONS         top

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Print version and exit.

SEE ALSO         top

       addpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)

REPORTING BUGS         top

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker
       <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY         top

       The delpart command is part of the util-linux package which can be
       downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>. This page is
       part of the util-linux (a random collection of Linux utilities)
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util-linux 2.41.devel-938-0a... 2025-01-15                     DELPART(8)

Pages that refer to this page: addpart(8),  partx(8),  resizepart(8)

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