# ./partx --update --pairs -n 2 -o SIZE /dev/sda SIZE="14.9G" # ./partx --pairs --update -n 2 -o SIZE /dev/sda # ./partx --verbose --update --pairs -n 2 -o SIZE /dev/sda partition: none, disk: /dev/sda, lower: 2, upper: 2 /dev/sda: partition table type 'dos' detected SIZE="14.9G" # ./partx --verbose --pairs --update -n 2 -o SIZE /dev/sda partition: none, disk: /dev/sda, lower: 2, upper: 2 /dev/sda: partition table type 'dos' detected /dev/sda: partition #2 added In my opinion the output should be the same in both cases, either both updating and showing the partition, or saying that the two options cannot be combined. Benno -- http://www.fastmail.com - The way an email service should be -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html