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diff --git a/disk-utils/resizepart.8 b/disk-utils/resizepart.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c009cc304 --- /dev/null +++ b/disk-utils/resizepart.8 @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +.\" resizepart.8 -- +.\" Copyright 2012 Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> +.\" Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc. +.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License +.TH RESIZEPART 8 "February 2012" "util-linux" "System Administration" +.SH NAME +resizepart \- +simple wrapper around the "resize partition" ioctl +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B resizepart +.I device partition length +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B resizepart +is a program that informs the Linux kernel of new partition size. + +This command doesn't manipulate partitions on hard drive. + +.SH PARAMETERS +.TP +.I device +Specify the disk device. +.TP +.I partition +Specify the partition number. +.TP +.I length +Specify the length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR addpart (8), +.BR delpart (8), +.BR fdisk (8), +.BR parted (8), +.BR partprobe (8), +.BR partx (8) +.SH AVAILABILITY +The resizepart command is part of the util-linux package and is available from +ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |