From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E9jdw-0003la-6y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:25:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7TDMtYE005196; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:22:55 GMT Received: from lmfilto02.st1.spray.net (lmfilto02.st1.spray.net [212.78.202.66]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7TDI76m002479 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:18:07 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lmfilto02.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BFB71A1009 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:20:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmcodec06.st1.spray.net ([212.78.203.82]) by localhost (lmfilto02.st1.spray.net [212.78.202.32]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12615-06 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:20:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmcodec06.st1.spray.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cmcodec06.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with SMTP id D3C4A10D68B for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:20:02 +0000 (GMT) Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=lycos.co.uk; h=From:Subject; b=eKhkPOPVFR+8Be4Dt9PBnTwdtdhik6uhKs2lx/03LEEv3X4GatLDzSAPFJ+ZTXLrZVr+csnTUG7YwwhOfGGbfW+9pZS5fnCXDOnV7iZV0D2x60CYm/QxpWlWcExTixhARxK3QVblThReLJqf5STdBg5JL6/ge2+IuQV6ajAytSw=; From: "Michael Kintzios" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <54450000017705@lycos-europe.com> X-Mailer: LycosMail X-Priority: 3 X-Originating-IP: 213.162.120.196 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] How to shred without deleting /dev/* Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=_NextPart_Lycos_17705544500001_ID" Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:20:02 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at spray.net X-Archives-Salt: 17dba368-3577-4068-94f6-0c3d5320756e X-Archives-Hash: d958813680d9a95b7ba22ea03e8104c9 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --=_NextPart_Lycos_17705544500001_ID Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > From:: Sergio Polini > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to shred without deleting /dev/* > Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:09:36 +0200 > Why -u? > From the man page: > > ======== > Delete FILE(s) if --remove (-u) is specified. The default is not to > remove the files because it is common to operate on device files > like /dev/hda, and those files usually should not be removed. > ======== Oops, I brushed over it too fast and missed this rather important point! So, the -u option should NOT be used on devices. ;-) Thanks Sergio! -- Regards, Mick Lycos email has now 300 Megabytes of free storage... Get it now at mail.lycos.co.uk --=_NextPart_Lycos_17705544500001_ID-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list