Commands "Delete / Shred"

[Kevin Kinsey]

Richard Nagle wrote:

> Want to shred or clean the free space on a hard drive.
> is there a command string for this? or app ?
>
> Thanks -
> Richard
>

A recent thread on questions@ delved into this
(rather as an aside).

The conclusion *might have been* that if you were
the CIA/NSA etc., "shredding" should be literal.

One guy even offered to throw your disks into
a volcano in Hawaii for a reasonable charge.

IIRC, there were some more "common" responses
to this, several of which would at least clue you
in, I should think.

Personally, "rm" works for me ....

Kevin Kinsey