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@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +NAME + deadshred - override the contents of a device that may be broken + +SYNOPSIS + deadshred device < random-source + +DESCRIPTION + The deadshred utility fills a file or block devices with + nonsense data. The utility is designed specifically for + erasing the content of failing hard disc drives, for this + purpose, the deadshred utility will skip any section it fails + to override and retries it later. + +OPTIONS + No options are supported. + +OPERANDS + The following operand is supported: + + file + The file to override. Must be either a regular file or + a block device. + +STDIN + The standard input shall be an unless source of either random + data or a particular byte to fill the device with. + +NOTES + While the deadshred utility is designed for block devices, it + also works for regular files, however does not provide options + that are useful for erasing regular files and is not designed + to work with filesystems that use copy on write. + +SEE ALSO + dd(1), shred(1) @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ -Add README -Add man page Add `-n iterations` Add shred map for continuing later (print to stdout on SIGTERM) Use rand(3) if stdin is a TTY diff --git a/deadshred.1 b/deadshred.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eb321d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/deadshred.1 @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +.TH DEADSHRED 1 deadshred +.SH NAME +deadshred \- override the contents of a device that may be broken + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B deadshred +.I device +< +.I random-source + +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B deadshred +utility fills a file or block devices with +nonsense data. The utility is designed specifically for +erasing the content of failing hard disc drives, for this +purpose, the +.I deadshred +utility will skip any section it fails +to override and retries it later. + +.SH OPTIONS +No options are supported. + +.SH OPERANDS +The following operand is supported: +.TP +.I file +The file to override. Must be either a regular file or +a block device. + +.SH STDIN +The standard input shall be an unless source of either random +data or a particular byte to fill the device with. + +.SH NOTES +While the +.B deadshred +utility is designed for block devices, it +also works for regular files, however does not provide options +that are useful for erasing regular files and is not designed +to work with filesystems that use copy on write. + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR dd (1), +.BR shred (1) |