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/>.