[clue-tech] Terse command lines

[Brian Gibson]

just to confirm, zeroing out a file is for security/privacy since deleting a file normally doesn't remove the data but simply mark that area of the disk for reallocation, correct?



----- Original Message ----
From: Jed S. Baer <cluemail at jbaer.cotse.net>
To: clue-tech at cluedenver.org
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 7:28:30 PM
Subject: [clue-tech] Terse command lines

Some of you, I'm sure, know Jeff Haemer. I just happened upon his new
blog, and found this interesting bit of command-line fu.

http://seejeffrun.blogspot.com/2009/06/truncating-file.html

Astounding!

jed
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