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| author | Mattias Andrée <maandree@kth.se> | 2024-09-21 19:31:16 +0200 |
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| committer | Mattias Andrée <maandree@kth.se> | 2024-09-21 19:31:16 +0200 |
| commit | 2e55bedc45e836899a18ea7f4a488f50597afad5 (patch) | |
| tree | 5a9e3cc1465cfc711fb1f74580cb17f20a46212e /README | |
| parent | Update documentation and adjust blocksize if larger than the device size (diff) | |
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ NAME SYNOPSIS deadshred [-b blocksize] [-o offset] [-l length | -e postend] - [-r] device [< random-source] + [-rY] device [map-file] [< random-source] DESCRIPTION The deadshred utility fills a file or block devices with @@ -36,13 +36,24 @@ OPTIONS Start writing from the end instead of from the beginning on the first pass over the device. + -Y + Do not ask for confirmation. + OPERANDS - The following operand is supported: + The following operands are supported: - file + device The file to override. Must be either a regular file or a block device. + map-file + If the file map-file exists and is non-empty, it + specifies what sections in the file to overwrite; + this file will be periodically, and upon exit, + updated to remove parts that has been successfully + overwritten. This file will be unlinked when it + becomes empty. + STDIN Unless the standard input is a terminal device, it shall be an unless source of either random data or a particular byte to |