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).

SEE ALSO

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

AVAILABILITY

       The  resizepart  command  is  part  of  the  util-linux  package  and  is  available  from
       ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.