nb. there are also commands which don't require additional (non-repo) packages to be installed. The command shread should allow you to shread files.
http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_shred.htm Joseph Walton-Rivers, webpig...@gmail.com | www.webpigeon.me.uk On 19 September 2010 20:30, Tyler J. Wagner <ty...@tolaris.com> wrote: > On Saturday 18 Sep 2010 23:35:26 John Matthews wrote: >> Hi, thank you so much for giving me that info I installed it, and it >> works so quite happy. Problem is, the http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com >> <http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/> website, only deals with ubuntu up to >> 9.04 I think, is there an up to date version of it, it looks really >> helpful. > > The secure-delete package works just fine up to 10.04. Don't worry about the > website. > > Of course the shred command, which is always installed with Ubuntu, works fine > as well. If you really want to ensure a harddrive is cleaned: > > shred -v /dev/sda > > That'll take about 48 hours to finish, but it will ensure the drive is not > recoverable. > > For deleting just directories or free space on the drive, the secure-delete > tools are better. > > Regards, > Tyler > > -- > "Offending fundamentalists isn't my goal – but if it is an inevitable > side-effect of defending human rights, so be it." > -- Johann Hari > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
