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
       https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

util-linux                                        January 2015                                     RESIZEPART(8)