Re: Request for review: scrub

[Michael Schwendt <bugs michael gmx net>]

On Thu, 19 May 2005 19:53:57 -0500, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:

> Scrub:
> A little disk scrubbing program, checked into CVS.
> 
> Scrub writes patterns on special files (i.e. raw disk devices) or
> regular files to reduce the possibility of someone retrieving the
> data. There are up to six passes, each of which fills the disk
> with a particular pattern.
> 
> Again, a really small package. One binary, a man page, and some docs.
> 
> Please review for approval.

--- scrub.spec.~1.2.~   2005-05-20 02:51:08.000000000 +0200
+++ scrub.spec  2005-05-20 12:09:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1
-install -s -m 755 scrub $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
-gzip scrub.1
-install -m 644 scrub.1.gz $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1
+install -m 755 scrub $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
+install -m 644 scrub.1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT


How does it compare to "shred"?
$ rpm -qf $(which shred)
coreutils-5.2.1-45


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