From a53e772333b5f6829f8fe85e70a260be75fbfe28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Tripp Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 03:42:47 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] srm: Condense and reword. Remove 35-pass example cause it's crazy-town. --- pages/common/srm.md | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/common/srm.md b/pages/common/srm.md index 12aa163ad..8528e4ce0 100644 --- a/pages/common/srm.md +++ b/pages/common/srm.md @@ -1,17 +1,19 @@ # srm > Securely remove files or directories. -> Overwrites the existing data one or multiple. Drop in replacement for rm. +> Overwrites the existing data one or multiple times. Drop in replacement for rm. -- Remove a file after overwriting (single pass, 7 pass, 35 pass): +- Remove a file after a single pass overwriting with random data: `srm -s {{/path/to/file}}` + +- Remove a file after seven passes overwriting it with random data: + `srm -m {{/path/to/file}}` -`srm {{/path/to/file}}` -- Scurely remove recursively a directory and all it's subdirectories: +- Recursively remove a directory and contents overwriting each file with a single pass of random data. -`srm -r {{/path/to/folder}}` +`srm -r -s {{/path/to/folder}}` - Prompt before every removal: