Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Dec 1998 10:54:03 +0000 | From | Stephen Landamore <> | Subject | Re: Wanted: Secure-delete utility for Linux |
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> 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.
/dev/zero is a _character_ device which returns 0x00 ad infinitum
so what would we call a device which returned 0xff ad infinitum? ...
/dev/effs of course!
cheers, stephen
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