Messages in this thread | | | From | CaT <> | Subject | Re: Wanted: Secure-delete utility for Linux | Date | Wed, 23 Dec 1998 06:03:36 +1100 (EST) |
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Charles Cazabon wrote the following: > > On Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 05:51:39PM +0100, Clifford Wolf wrote: > > > >>> Actually, it's all-bits-zero, all-bits-one, all-bits-zero. > >> > >> Hmmm I guess we need a /dev/one? (Actually not a bad thing to have) > > > > IMHO the name /dev/one would be a bad idea. Becouse this could mean an > > integer one which is 00000001 for 8-bit, 0000000000000001 for 16-bit, and > > so on. > > Hmmm -- something like /dev/~zero would work, if you can stand non- > alphanumeric characters in your filenames.
Maybe it's because I'm sleep deprived but... What's wrong with /dev/ones?
(that is other then it doesn't QUITE fit the scheme of /dev/zero :)
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