Re: Wanted: Secure-delete utility for Linux
CaT (cat@zip.com.au)
Wed, 23 Dec 1998 06:03:36 +1100 (EST)
Charles Cazabon wrote the following:
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 05:51:39PM +0100, Clifford Wolf wrote:
> >
> >>> Actually, it's all-bits-zero, all-bits-one, all-bits-zero.
> >>
> >> Hmmm I guess we need a /dev/one? (Actually not a bad thing to have)
> >
> > IMHO the name /dev/one would be a bad idea. Becouse this could mean an
> > integer one which is 00000001 for 8-bit, 0000000000000001 for 16-bit, and
> > so on.
>
> Hmmm -- something like /dev/~zero would work, if you can stand non-
> alphanumeric characters in your filenames.
Maybe it's because I'm sleep deprived but... What's wrong with /dev/ones?
(that is other then it doesn't QUITE fit the scheme of /dev/zero :)
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