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| author | Karel Zak | 2007-02-09 19:15:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2007-02-09 19:15:23 +0100 |
| commit | 2f2d6528e3af6d9722e44727064a7a86b42b9168 (patch) | |
| tree | 39797bc3fe4c714c9c4ebdec759ebaab0385acfe /partx/addpart.8 | |
| parent | clean up realpath.[ch] includes and macros (diff) | |
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partx: add man pages for addpart, delpart and partx
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/partx/addpart.8 b/partx/addpart.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a53e3e663 --- /dev/null +++ b/partx/addpart.8 @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +.\" addpart.8 -- +.\" Copyright 2007 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> +.\" Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc. +.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License +.TH ADDPART 8 "11 Jan 2007" +.SH NAME +addpart \- +simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B addpart device partition start length +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B addpart +is a program that informs the Linux kernel of new partition. + +This command doesn't manipulate with partitions on hard drive. + +.SH PARAMETERS +.TP +.BI device +Specify the disk device. +.TP +.BI partition +Specify the partition number. +.TP +.BI start +Specify the begin of the partition (in bytes). +.TP +.BI length +Specify the length of the partition (in bytes). + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR delpart (8), +.BR fdisk (8), +.BR parted (8), +.BR partprobe (8), +.BR partx (8) |