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.\" delpart.8 -- man page for delpart
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.\" Copyright 2007 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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.\" Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
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.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
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.TH DELPART 8 "January 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration"
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.SH NAME
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delpart \- tell the kernel to forget about a partition
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B delpart
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.I device partition
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B delpart
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asks the Linux kernel to forget about the specified \fIpartition\fR
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(a number) on the specified \fIdevice\fR.
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The command is a simple wrapper around the "del partition" ioctl.
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This command doesn't manipulate partitions on a block device.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR addpart (8),
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.BR fdisk (8),
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.BR parted (8),
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.BR partprobe (8),
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.BR partx (8)
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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The delpart command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
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https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
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