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)

AVAILABILITY

   The  delpart command is part of the util-linux package and is available
   from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

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