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addpart.8
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NAME
addpart - tell the kernel about the existence of a partition

SYNOPSIS
addpart device partition start length

DESCRIPTION
addpart tells the Linux kernel about the existence of the specified partition. The command is a simple wrapper
around the "add partition" ioctl.

This command doesn’t manipulate partitions on a block device.

PARAMETERS
device
The disk device.

partition
The partition number.

start
The beginning of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).

length
The length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).

-h, --help
Display help text and exit.

-V, --version
Print version and exit.

SEE ALSO
delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)

REPORTING BUGS
For bug reports, use the issue tracker at https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.

AVAILABILITY
The addpart 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 2.39 2022-05-11 ADDPART(8)