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@@ -1107,3 +1107,13 @@ Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit
of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files you should use
FTP.
+=head2 zero
+
+ zero device
+
+This command writes zeroes over the first few blocks of C<device>.
+
+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.
+