partprobe(8)

partprobe8

Inform the os of partition table changes

Usage

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

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the partprobe command.

partprobe is a program that informs the operating system kernel of partition table changes.

Options

This program uses short UNIX style options.

-d, --dry-run

Don't update the kernel.

-s, --summary

Show a summary of devices and their partitions.

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-v, --version

Show version of program.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.1–5.0
  2. 6.0–7
  3. 8–Arch

--dry-run since Debian 8 (Jessie); --help since Debian 8 (Jessie); --summary since Debian 8 (Jessie); --version since Debian 8 (Jessie).

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>

Author

This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From parted 3.8-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.