commands.sh

sfill

linux

Securely overwrite the free space and inodes of the partition where the specified directory resides.

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Examples (5)

Overwrite free space and inodes of a disk with 38 writes (slow but secure)

sfill /path/to/mounted_disk_directory

Overwrite free space and inodes of a disk with 6 writes (fast but [l]ess secure) and show status ([v]erbose)

sfill -l -v /path/to/mounted_disk_directory

Overwrite free space and inodes of a disk with 1 write (very fast but [l]ess secure [v]erbose) and show status

sfill -ll -v /path/to/mounted_disk_directory

Overwrite only free space of a d[I]sk

sfill -I /path/to/mounted_disk_directory

Overwrite only free [i]nodes of a disk

sfill -i /path/to/mounted_disk_directory
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