<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 September 2010 11:04, John Matthews <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jakewc2@sky.com">jakewc2@sky.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div class="im"> On 11/08/10 13:07, Alan Pope wrote:<br> > On 11 August 2010 12:47, John Matthews<<a href="mailto:jakewc2@sky.com">jakewc2@sky.com</a>> wrote:<br> >> > I tried to install it, from the repository, it says its installed, but I<br> >> > cant find it any where. Where would it install to?<br> >> ><br> > This lists the files in the package:-<br> ><br> > <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/i386/secure-delete/filelist" target="_blank">http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/i386/secure-delete/filelist</a><br> ><br> > /usr/bin/sdmem<br> > /usr/bin/sfill<br> > /usr/bin/srm<br> > /usr/bin/sswap<br> ><br> > And this indicates they have man pages:-<br> ><br> ><br> > /usr/share/man/man1/sdmem.1.gz<br> > /usr/share/man/man1/sfill.1.gz<br> > /usr/share/man/man1/srm.1.gz<br> > /usr/share/man/man1/sswap.1.gz<br> ><br> > Cheers,<br> > Al.<br> <br> </div>Hi Al,<br> <br> sorry its taken so long to get back on this, and now I see both urls are<br> page unavailable now, so dont know what is going on there. I tried<br> installing secure-delete, it says its installed, but I its not in any of<br> the drop down menus. Do you know how I can find it to start it, or is<br> now gone.<br> <br> Thanks.<br> <br> John.<br> <font color="#888888"><br> --<br> Ubuntu User #30817<br> </font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> <br> --<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>secure-delete is a command line tool and must be run from the terminal. </div><div><br></div><div>i believe the command you are looking fro is srm. </div><div><br></div><div>try typeing "man srm" in terminal. </div> <div><br></div><div>i personaly have not used it. </div><div><br></div><div>i have used wipe command in the past . </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/01/securely-wipeerase-files-in-ubuntu.html">http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/01/securely-wipeerase-files-in-ubuntu.html</a></div> <div><br></div><div>hope this helps. </div><div><br></div><div>azmodie</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>