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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).