Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 08:30:25 -0500 From: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> To: Jos Chrispijn <bsduser@cloudzeeland.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rm | Cleaning up recycle bin Message-ID: <5E527E71.2080904@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <a589bf69-a53b-a732-08ff-74e09b723bbd@cloudzeeland.nl> References: <a589bf69-a53b-a732-08ff-74e09b723bbd@cloudzeeland.nl>
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Jos Chrispijn wrote: > I read somewhere that using the rm command does not phsyically remove > the 'deleted' files when using the command in a terminal session. Can > you tell me how/where I can really remove these files (as per user > account or in general)? Thanks! > > Best, Jos To write zeros to existing file before removing that file dd if=/dev/zero of=/path/filename bs=1m ; rm /path/filename
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