Re: Wiping a disk partition

On 09/07/2025 23:37, David Christensen wrote:
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>> On multitasking system you can always put an & on the end of the rm 
>> command and let it run in the background. Probably the safest way to 
>> delete all the files if you're sure.
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> TIMTOWDI.
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I actually meant to write ."..safest way if you're NOT sure!"

  "rm" can be quite destructive, but messing with dd on geoms is like 
learning to juggle using axes.

I like Unix because it does exactly what it's told without arguing. Some 
people say this makes it unfriendly :-)

Regards, Frank.