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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, NULL, TOYFLAG_SBIN))
+
+config PARTPROBE
+ bool "partprobe"
+ default n
+ help
+ partprobe - Tell the kernel about partition table changes
+
+ usage: partprobe [devices...]
+
+ Asks the kernel to re-read the partition table on the specified
+ devices.
+*/
+
+#include "toys.h"
+
+void update_device(char* path)
+{
+ int sd_fd = open(path, 0);
+
+ if(sd_fd < 0){
+ perror_msg("Unable to open %s", path);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if(ioctl(sd_fd, BLKRRPART, NULL) < 0)
+ perror_msg("ioctl (BLKRRPART) failed, old layout still used");
+
+ close(sd_fd);
+}
+
+void partprobe_main(void)
+{
+ char** opt;
+ if(*toys.optargs == NULL){
+ printf("No devices specified.\n");
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ for (opt = toys.optargs; *opt; opt++) {
+ update_device(*opt);
+ }
+
+ exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}