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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).

## SEE ALSO
       [**delpart**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/delpart/8/markdown), [**fdisk**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fdisk/8/markdown), [**parted**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/parted/8/markdown), [**partprobe**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/partprobe/8/markdown), [**partx**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/partx/8/markdown)

## REPORTING BUGS
       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/karelzak/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 2.37.2                            2021-06-02                                   [ADDPART(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ADDPART/8/markdown)