thc-secure-delete ( anybody installed it ? )

[Vram]

On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 21:36 +0200, R.L. Reingard wrote:
> sorry, my attempt is to delete the free space of a disk. and this is what  
> THC-SecureDelete can do. and i do not see SHRED in the repos (universe and  
> multiverse).
> 
> +++
> 
> Am 02.09.2005, 19:21 Uhr, schrieb azz <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>:
> 
> > shred(1) - Linux man page
> > NAME
> > shred - delete a file securely, first overwriting it to hide its
> > contents
> > SYNOPSIS
> > shred [OPTIONS] FILE [...]
> > DESCRIPTION
> > Overwrite the specified FILE(s) repeatedly, in order to make it harder
> > for even very expensive hardware probing to recover the data.
> 

For us who don't understand...

What is "Delete the free space of a Disk?"

I would help if I understood the  problem.
Or is it me??

Vram