RESIZEPART(8)                                         System Administration                                         RESIZEPART(8)

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 The disk device. partition The partition number. length The new length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). -h, --help Display help text and exit. -V, --version Print version and exit.

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/>. util-linux 2.39.3 2023-10-23 RESIZEPART(8)