From 2e55bedc45e836899a18ea7f4a488f50597afad5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 19:31:16 +0200 Subject: misc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- README | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 54ace7b..c3706b1 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2