NAME

       partprobe - inform the OS of partition table changes

SYNOPSIS

       partprobe [-d] [-s] [devices...]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the partprobe command.

       partprobe  is  a  program  that  informs  the  operating  system kernel of partition table
       changes, by requesting that the operating system re-read the partition table.

OPTIONS

       This program uses short UNIX style options.

       -d     Don't update the kernel.

       -s     Show a summary of devices and their partitions.

       -h     Show summary of options.

       -v     Show version of program.

SEE ALSO

       parted(8).

AUTHOR

       This manual page was  written  by  Timshel  Knoll  <timshel@debian.org>,  for  the  Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).