Sfdisk

Short description: Linux partition editor

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. KDE Partition Manager.

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]

References

↑ Oy, Seravo (2019-05-17). "Partition like a pro with fdisk, sfdisk and cfdisk" (in en). https://linuxnatives.net/2019/partition-like-a-pro-with-fdisk-sfdisk-and-cfdisk.
↑ sfdisk.c in util-linux.git, note the "#include <libfdisk.h>"
Retrieved on 21 March 2021
↑ "Ubuntu Manpage: sfdisk - display or manipulate a disk partition table". https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/man8/sfdisk.8.html.

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[1] Oy, Seravo (2019-05-17). "Partition like a pro with fdisk, sfdisk and cfdisk" (in en). https://linuxnatives.net/2019/partition-like-a-pro-with-fdisk-sfdisk-and-cfdisk.

[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". https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/man8/sfdisk.8.html.

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Sfdisk

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