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authorKarel Zak2016-05-04 12:32:52 +0200
committerKarel Zak2016-05-04 12:32:52 +0200
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libfdisk: add fdisk_wipe_partition()
Now libfdisk provides functionality wipe disk device only ([s]fdisk option --wipe). This patch allows to probe for filesystems/RAIDs on newly created partitions. It means we can remove signatures before the partition node (device) is created. This reduces udev events and it's unnecessary to call wipefs for all partitions. For example sfdisk --wipe=always --wipe-partitions=always /dev/sda <<< ... EOF is a elegant way how to create new disk layout without any obsolete filesystems/RAIDs. Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/libfdisk/docs/libfdisk-sections.txt b/libfdisk/docs/libfdisk-sections.txt
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@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ fdisk_delete_partition
fdisk_get_partition
fdisk_is_partition_used
fdisk_set_partition
+fdisk_wipe_partition
<SUBSECTION>
fdisk_partition
fdisk_new_partition