DELPART(8)                                            System Administration                                            DELPART(8)

NAME

delpart - tell the kernel to forget about a partition

SYNOPSIS

delpart device partition

DESCRIPTION

delpart asks the Linux kernel to forget about the specified partition (a number) on the specified device. The command is a simple wrapper around the "del partition" ioctl. This command doesn’t manipulate partitions on a block device.

OPTIONS

-h, --help Display help text and exit. -V, --version Print version and exit.

SEE ALSO

addpart(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 delpart 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/>. util-linux 2.39.3 2023-10-23 DELPART(8)