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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+:

part command
===============

Synopis
-------

::

    part uuid <interface> <dev>:<part> [varname]
    part list <interface> <dev> [flags] [varname]
    part start <interface> <dev> <part> <varname>
    part size <interface> <dev> <part> <varname>
    part number <interface> <dev> <part> <varname>
    part types

Description
-----------

The `part` command is used to manage disk partition related commands.

The 'part uuid' command prints or sets an environment variable to partition UUID

    interface
        interface for accessing the block device (mmc, sata, scsi, usb, ....)
    dev
        device number
    part
        partition number
    varname
        an optional environment variable to store the current partition UUID value into.

The 'part list' command prints or sets an environment variable to the list of partitions

    interface
        interface for accessing the block device (mmc, sata, scsi, usb, ....)
    dev
        device number
    part
        partition number
    flags
        -bootable
            lists only bootable partitions
    varname
        an optional environment variable to store the list of partitions value into.

The 'part start' commnad sets an environment variable to the start of the partition (in blocks),
part can be either partition number or partition name.

    interface
        interface for accessing the block device (mmc, sata, scsi, usb, ....)
    dev
        device number
    part
        partition number
    varname
        a variable to store the current start of the partition value into.

The 'part size' command sets an environment variable to the size of the partition (in blocks),
part can be either partition number or partition name.

    interface
        interface for accessing the block device (mmc, sata, scsi, usb, ....)
    dev
        device number
    part
        partition number
    varname
        a variable to store the current size of the partition value into.

The 'part number' command sets an environment variable to the partition number using the partition name,
part must be specified as partition name.

    interface
        interface for accessing the block device (mmc, sata, scsi, usb, ....)
    dev
        device number
    part
        partition number
    varname
        a variable to store the current partition number value into

The 'part types' command list supported partition table types.

Examples
--------

::

    => host bind 0 ./test_gpt_disk_image.bin
    => part uuid host 0:1
    24156b69-3378-497f-bb3e-b982223de528
    => part uuid host 0:1 varname
    => env print varname
    varname=24156b69-3378-497f-bb3e-b982223de528
    =>
    => part list host 0

    Partition Map for HOST device 0  --   Partition Type: EFI

    Part	Start LBA	End LBA		Name
    Attributes
    Type GUID
    Partition GUID
    1	        0x00000800	0x00000fff	"second"
    attrs:	0x0000000000000000
    type:	ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
                (data)
    guid:	24156b69-3378-497f-bb3e-b982223de528
    2	        0x00001000	0x00001bff	"first"
    attrs:	0x0000000000000000
    type:	ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
                (data)
    guid:	5272ee44-29ab-4d46-af6c-4b45ac67d3b7
    =>
    => part start host 0 2 varname
    => env print varname
    varname=1000
    =>
    => part size host 0 2 varname
    => env print varname
    varname=c00
    =>
    => part number host 0 2 varname
    => env print varname
    varname=0x2
    =>
    => part types
    Supported partition tables: EFI, AMIGA, DOS, ISO, MAC

Return value
------------

The return value $? is set to 0 (true) if the command succededd. If an
error occurs, the return value $? is set to 1 (false).