But as a stopgap, look into rm -P (on OpenBSD). Linux has "shred" too.
On Dec 31, 2007 1:25 PM, Marco Peereboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Grind them up. There is nothing else you can do to "permanently" wipe > disks. Residual magnetism is always there provided good enough > equipment. If your data is that sensitive there is nothing else but the > grinder. > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:25:25AM -0800, Jon wrote: > > > hi > > > > I see a lot of programs that are available to clean up the disks for > > Windows OS. Not wipe a disk but clean up deleted files so they cannot be > > recovered. > > Is there any program for OpenBSD that will clean up the disks so that > > deleted files cannot be recovered. > > > > (not looking to delete a file securly - but to wipe the disk clean of > > deleted file with out affecting the OS) > > > > -jon
