Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 21:09:03 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Richard Nagle <cms01@tampabay.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commands "Delete / Shred" Message-ID: <4217FF4F.4000605@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <42177131.2090108@tampabay.rr.com> References: <42177131.2090108@tampabay.rr.com>
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Richard Nagle wrote: > Want to shred or clean the free space on a hard drive. > is there a command string for this? or app ? > > Thanks - > Richard > A recent thread on questions@ delved into this (rather as an aside). The conclusion *might have been* that if you were the CIA/NSA etc., "shredding" should be literal. One guy even offered to throw your disks into a volcano in Hawaii for a reasonable charge. IIRC, there were some more "common" responses to this, several of which would at least clue you in, I should think. Personally, "rm" works for me .... Kevin Kinsey
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