This is just an idea, could you just do "cat /dev/zero > out.file" where out.file is on the drive you want filled? It will die when it runs out of space I think.
On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 10:57, Matthew Eastman wrote: > I'm sorry, maybe I didn't really make clear what I want to do. I want > to keep all of the files on the system, but zero out all of the unused > space so that an image of the disk or partition can be compressed > easier. > > -- Matt Eastman > > On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 11:51, Dennis Rowe wrote: > > The command "dd" will probably work for you with /dev/zero. > > > > Dennis > > ------- > > > > On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 10:47, Matthew Eastman wrote: > > > Since I didn't clarify, the filesystem is ext3. > > > > > > -- Matt Eastman > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Dennis emerge -p world http://members.cox.net/magoolsu
