.. index:: parted (command)

.. _command_parted:

parted - edit partition tables
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Usage
^^^^^
``parted <device> [command [options...]...]``

Synopsis
^^^^^^^^

::

  parted is a partition manipulation program with a behaviour similar to
  GNU Parted
  
  commands:

Options
^^^^^^^
print
 print partitions

mklabel \<type\>
 create a new partition table

rm \<num\>
 remove a partition

mkpart \<name\> \<fstype\> \<start\> \<end\>
 create a new partition

mkpart\_size \<name\> \<fstype\> \<size\>
 create a new partition

unit \<unit\>
 change display/input units

refresh
 refresh a partition table


Description
^^^^^^^^^^^

::

  <unit> can be one of "s" (sectors), "B" (bytes), "kB", "MB", "GB", "TB",
  "KiB", "MiB", "GiB" or "TiB"
  <type> must be "gpt" or "msdos"
  <fstype> can be one of  "ext2", "ext3", "ext4", "fat16", "fat32" or "bbenv"
  <name> for MBR partition tables can be one of "primary", "extended" or
  "logical". For GPT this is a name string.
  <end> can be "max" it will take all remaining space

.. generated from: /ptx/work/WORK_EIHEI/sha/backup/barebox/barebox-maintainer-utils/barebox/commands/parted.c
.. command function: do_parted