srm

srm is a secure replacement for rm. Unlike the standard rm, it overwrites the data in the target files before unlinking them. This prevents command-line recovery of the data by examining the raw block device.

• Project Homepage [EN]

• srm [EN] @ Fedora Package

Documentation

• man 1 'srm' [EN]

Syntax

srm [PARAMETER ...] [FILE/DIRECTORY ...]

Parameters

-D, --dod

US Dod compliant 7-pass overwrite.

-E, --doe

US DoE compliant 3-pass overwrite. Twice with a random pattern, finally with the bytes DoE.

-f, --force

Ignore nonexistent files, never prompt.

-G, --gutmann

Use the 35-pass Gutmann method. This is the default and slowest overwrite mode.

-r, -R, --recursive

Remove the contents of directories recursively.

-v, --verbose

Explain what is being done. Specify this option multiple times to increase verbosity.