DELPART(8) System Administration DELPART(8)
NAME
delpart - tell the kernel to forget about a partition
SYNOPSIS
delpart device partition
DESCRIPTION
delpart asks the Linux kernel to forget about the specified partition
(a number) on the specified device. The command is a simple wrapper
around the "del partition" ioctl.
This command doesn’t manipulate partitions on a block device.
SEE ALSO
addpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)
REPORTING BUGS
For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues.
AVAILABILITY
The delpart 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 2.37.2 2021-06-02 DELPART(8)
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