> From:: Sergio Polini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to shred without deleting /dev/* > Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:09:36 +0200
> Why -u? > From the man page: > > ======== > Delete FILE(s) if --remove (-u) is specified. The default is not to > remove the files because it is common to operate on device files > like /dev/hda, and those files usually should not be removed. > ======== Oops, I brushed over it too fast and missed this rather important point! So, the -u option should NOT be used on devices. ;-) Thanks Sergio! -- Regards, Mick Lycos email has now 300 Megabytes of free storage... Get it now at mail.lycos.co.uk
