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Diffstat (limited to 'perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm index 5b87b27e..2d75b69f 100644 --- a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm +++ b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm @@ -1006,6 +1006,14 @@ Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files you should use FTP. +=item $h->zero ($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. + =cut 1; |