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sfill — Securely overwrite the free space and inodes of the partition where the specified directory resides.
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How to use the
sfill command: Securely overwrite the free space and inodes of the partition where the specified directory resides. More information: <https://manned.org/sfill>.Solution
sfill — Securely overwrite the free space and inodes of the partition where the specified directory resides. More information: <https://manned.org/sfill>.Overwrite free space and inodes of a disk with 38 writes (slow but secure):
sfill /{{path/to/mounted_disk_directory}}Overwrite free space and inodes of a disk with 6 writes (fast but [l]ess secure) and show status ([v]erbose):
sfill -l -v /{{path/to/mounted_disk_directory}}Overwrite free space and inodes of a disk with 1 write (very fast but [l]ess secure [v]erbose) and show status:
sfill -ll -v /{{path/to/mounted_disk_directory}}Overwrite only free space of a d[I]sk:
sfill -I /{{path/to/mounted_disk_directory}}Overwrite only free [i]nodes of a disk:
sfill -i /{{path/to/mounted_disk_directory}}Code Snippets
Overwrite free space and inodes of a disk with 38 writes (slow but secure)
sfill /{{path/to/mounted_disk_directory}}Overwrite free space and inodes of a disk with 6 writes (fast but [l]ess secure) and show status ([v]erbose)
sfill -l -v /{{path/to/mounted_disk_directory}}Overwrite free space and inodes of a disk with 1 write (very fast but [l]ess secure [v]erbose) and show status
sfill -ll -v /{{path/to/mounted_disk_directory}}Overwrite only free space of a d[I]sk
sfill -I /{{path/to/mounted_disk_directory}}Overwrite only free [i]nodes of a disk
sfill -i /{{path/to/mounted_disk_directory}}Context
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