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| author | Karel Zak | 2014-01-20 12:07:35 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2014-01-20 12:16:47 +0100 |
| commit | 081dc33b46d1c58f767202920dbdc13039c09565 (patch) | |
| tree | 3f386f3b604e7257edaa5e5333d05e41c92ab3f0 /misc-utils/wipefs.8 | |
| parent | libblkid: detect alone PMBR (diff) | |
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wipefs: call BLKRRPART when erase partition table
It's better to be smart than make things inconsistent (without
BLKRRPART kernel still uses the erased PT and udev-db still contains
obsolete information).
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/wipefs.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/wipefs.8 | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/wipefs.8 b/misc-utils/wipefs.8 index 331e96ca8..0f280b38a 100644 --- a/misc-utils/wipefs.8 +++ b/misc-utils/wipefs.8 @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ does not erase the filesystem itself nor any other data from the device. When used without options \fB-a\fR or \fB-o\fR, it lists all visible filesystems and the offsets of their basic signatures. +.B wipefs +calls BLKRRPART ioctl when erase partition table to inform kernel about the change. + Note that some filesystems or some partition tables store more magic strings on the devices. The .B wipefs |