[clug-talk] Recycle Drive space

2013-10-21 Thread Juan Alberto Cirez
Quick question: is there a way (other than a shell script) to ensure that a drive is overwritten after its full...? Or better after 98% full? Thanks =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Exotic & Sunny Porto Novo, Benin -

Re: [clug-talk] Recycle Drive space

2013-10-21 Thread TekBudda
I usually use a sharpie marker to write on my hard disks. It stays on better. Oh...overwrite...got ya! Seriously...I usually use something like DBAN with whatever number of passes you prefer. DBAN is also pretty good at detecting problems with the disk as well. This is of course for dispos

Re: [clug-talk] Recycle Drive space

2013-10-21 Thread Juan Alberto Cirez
I guess the easiest way to write a shell script that runs as a from job... =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= On 2013-10-21 9:23 PM, "TekBudda" wrote: > I usually use a sharpie marker to write on my hard disks. It stays on > better. > > Oh...overwr

Re: [clug-talk] Recycle Drive space

2013-10-21 Thread Terrell Larson
You are going to have to tet it somehow. The OS knows this but to get this information relayed to your own code you need to hook into the file system. On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 07:57:54PM -0600, Juan Alberto Cirez wrote: > Quick question: is there a way (other than a shell script) to ensure that a

Re: [clug-talk] Recycle Drive space

2013-10-21 Thread Juan Alberto Cirez
T. As part of a long running experiment, I already have a utility that notifies me whenever a particular drive (or partition reaches a preset limit). I could just reuse the code and add the needed functionality... =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= On 201