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.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
-V, --version
Print version and exit.
SEE ALSO
addpart(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 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/>;.