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+/* partprobe.c - Tell the kernel about partition table changes
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Bertold Van den Bergh <vandenbergh@bertold.org>
+ *
+ * see http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/partprobe.8.html
+
+USE_PARTPROBE(NEWTOY(partprobe, "<1", TOYFLAG_SBIN))
+
+config PARTPROBE
+  bool "partprobe"
+  default y
+  help
+    usage: partprobe DEVICE...
+
+    Tell the kernel about partition table changes
+
+    Ask the kernel to re-read the partition table on the specified devices.
+*/
+
+#include "toys.h"
+
+static void do_partprobe(int fd, char *name)
+{
+  if (ioctl(fd, BLKRRPART, 0)) perror_msg("ioctl failed");
+}
+
+void partprobe_main(void)
+{
+  loopfiles(toys.optargs, do_partprobe); 
+}