NAME¶

resizepart - tell the kernel about the new size of a partition

SYNOPSIS¶

resizepart device partition length

DESCRIPTION¶

resizepart tells the Linux kernel about the new size of the specified partition. The command is a simple wrapper around the "resize partition" ioctl.

This command doesn’t manipulate partitions on a block device.

PARAMETERS¶

device

partition

length

-h, --help

-V, --version

SEE ALSO¶

addpart(8), delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)

REPORTING BUGS¶

For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY¶

The resizepart command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.