On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 20:29:45 +0100 Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de> wrote: > > I think there's a program called "wipe" doing what you want > > $ apt-cache search wipe > sterilize - Secure (supposedly) file wipe utility. > wipe - Secure file deletion Thanks Ralf, I had a look at wipe. So far as I can tell from a quick look, however, it works on files rather than on free space. There may be a way to make it deal with free space, but I was attracted to secure_delete/sfill by its explicit support for that task. Regards, Geoff __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users