Sfdisk


sfdisk is a Linux partition editor. In contrast to fdisk and cfdisk, sfdisk is not interactive.[1] All three programs are written in C and are part of the util-linux package of Linux utility programs.

Since sfdisk is command-driven instead of menu-driven, i.e., it reads input from standard input or from a file, it is generally used for partitioning drives from scripts or used by programs, like e.g. GParted.

The current sfdisk implementation uses the libfdisk library.[2] sfdisk supports MBR (DOS), GPT, SUN and SGI disk labels, but it no longer provides any functionality for CHS (Cylinder-Head-Sector) addressing since version 2.26.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Oy, Seravo (2019-05-17). "Partition like a pro with fdisk, sfdisk and cfdisk". Linux-natives. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  2. ^ sfdisk.c in util-linux.git, note the "#include <libfdisk.h>"
    Retrieved on 21 March 2021
  3. ^ "Ubuntu Manpage: sfdisk - display or manipulate a disk partition table". manpages.ubuntu.com. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
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