| From | Steffen Grunewald <> | Subject | Re: Wanted: Secure-delete utility for Linux | Date | Tue, 22 Dec 1998 19:39:31 +0100 (MET) |
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Charles Cazabon wrote: |> |> >> 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. (t)csh people won't like this (bash also uses ~ for $HOME, ~zero for user zero's HOME...). How about /dev/minusone :-) ? Or /dev/allones ...
Steffen
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