One Day One GNU/Linux Command ============================= shred -- Overwrite/Delete a file securely.
Summary: Overwrite the specified file repeatedly and remove, in order to make it harder for even very expensive hardware probing to recover the data. Example: $ shred file -- Repeatedly overwrite the file content with random data. $ shred -v file -- Show progress info. $ shred -n 5 file -- Overwrite 5 times instead of the default is 25. $ shred -x file -- Use exact size. Don't round of. $ shred -z file -- At the end of shred, overwrite the file with zeros. $ shred -u file -- Overwrite, Truncate and Remove the file. Read: man shred HTH :) -- Bharathi S _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
