partprobe
inform the OS of partition table changes
TLDR
Notify the operating system kernel of partition table changes
$ sudo partprobe
Notify the kernel of partition table changes and show a summary of devices and their partitions
$ sudo partprobe --summary
Show a summary of devices and their partitions but don't notify the kernel
$ sudo partprobe --summary --dry-run
SYNOPSIS
partprobe [-d] [-s] [devices...]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the partprobe command.
partprobe is a program that informs the operating system kernel of partition table changes.
OPTIONS
This program uses short UNIX style options.
- -d, --dry-run
-
Don't update the kernel.
- -s, --summary
-
Show a summary of devices and their partitions.
- -h, --help
-
Show summary of options.
- -v, --version
-
Show version of program.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-parted@gnu.org>
SEE ALSO
parted(8).
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
