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SubjectRe: Wanted: Secure-delete utility for Linux
On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Clifford Wolf wrote:

> 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.
>
> I don't know a better name - but IMHO /dev/one would be a bad name.

/dev/minusone ?

njh


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