From f45a07a8f0e120ce2c5587f7cf24d88bce22ce7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 19:25:32 +0200 Subject: Add README and deadshred.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- deadshred.1 | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 deadshred.1 (limited to 'deadshred.1') 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) -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2