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author | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2009-06-23 15:53:44 +0100 |
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committer | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2009-06-23 15:53:44 +0100 |
commit | bcb3fc0c3336c05e9ecbbfb25c7c31b42bd3e32e (patch) | |
tree | 80042c722c65911c3a3b55a275daefff96220e7f /guestfish-actions.pod | |
parent | da7cf3670fe60301beeb175ff6c284b737d5b7f4 (diff) | |
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Generated code for 'scrub-*' commands.
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diff --git a/guestfish-actions.pod b/guestfish-actions.pod index 48459901..d4f49301 100644 --- a/guestfish-actions.pod +++ b/guestfish-actions.pod @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ for whatever operations you want to perform (ie. read access if you just want to read the image or write access if you want to modify the image). -This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-drive file=filename>. +This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-drive file=filename,cache=off>. Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported @@ -1092,6 +1092,44 @@ command. Remove the single directory C<path>. +=head2 scrub-device + + scrub-device device + +This command writes patterns over C<device> to make data retrieval +more difficult. + +It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that +manual page for more details. + +B<This command is dangerous. Without careful use you +can easily destroy all your data>. + +=head2 scrub-file + + scrub-file file + +This command writes patterns over a file to make data retrieval +more difficult. + +The file is I<removed> after scrubbing. + +It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that +manual page for more details. + +=head2 scrub-freespace + + scrub-freespace dir + +This command creates the directory C<dir> and then fills it +with files until the filesystem is full, and scrubs the files +as for C<scrub-file>, and deletes them. +The intention is to scrub any free space on the partition +containing C<dir>. + +It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that +manual page for more details. + =head2 set-append | append set-append append @@ -1520,6 +1558,8 @@ How many blocks are zeroed isn't specified (but it's I<not> enough to securely wipe the device). It should be sufficient to remove any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on. +See also: C<scrub-device>. + =head2 zerofree zerofree device |