Messages in this thread | | | From | Steffen Grunewald <> | Subject | Re: Wanted: Secure-delete utility for Linux | Date | Thu, 24 Dec 1998 15:13:30 +0100 (MET) |
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Riley Williams wrote: |> |> >> 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...). |> |> IMHO, bash only uses a LEADING ~ as $HOME so /dev/~zero would work |> fine. In fact, I've just tried "touch /tmp/~test" under both bash and |> tcsh, and in both cases, it works fine...
But _if_ your cwd is /dev you will be surprised...
Steffen
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