delpart - tell the kernel to forget about a partition
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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)
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.
Name
delpart - tell the kernel to forget about a partition
Reporting Bugs
For bug reports, use the issue tracker at https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues.
See Also
addpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)
Synopsis
delpartdevicepartition
