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		chanux on Jan 15, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Paranoia and deletion: the wipe man page Any idea what's the difference between wipe and shred?

naner on Jan 15, 2011 [–]

The shred man page warns you that the tool is not fully effective on journaled filesystems. I doubt wipe is, either.

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