On Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 04:19:02PM -0400, Casey Fitzpatrick wrote: > When using resizepart with "-s" a warning prompt is still printed when > shrinking a partition. Then the command fails without actually prompting > for Yes/No. > > Seen using parted version 3.6: > ``` > $ sudo parted -s /dev/loop0 unit B resizepart 1 420478975 > Warning: Shrinking a partition can cause data loss, are you sure you want > to continue? > $ echo $? > 1 > ```
parted defaults to not doing things that could lose data, so shrinking is only supported in interactive mode. This comes up from time to time. eg. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-parted/2024-06/msg00000.html Brian -- Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) - weldr.io - lorax - parted - pykickstart
