RESIZEPART(8)                System Administration               RESIZEPART(8)

NAME
       resizepart - tell the kernel about the new size of a partition

SYNOPSIS
       resizepart device partition length

DESCRIPTION
       resizepart tells the Linux kernel about the new size of the specified
       partition. The command is a simple wrapper around the "resize
       partition" ioctl.

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

PARAMETERS
       device
           The disk device.

       partition
           The partition number.

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

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

       -V, --version
           Display version and exit.

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

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

AVAILABILITY
       The resizepart 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 2.41.3                 2025-12-15                     RESIZEPART(8)