On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 10:28 -0400, John Cowan wrote: > Jim Meyering scripsit: > > > My reflex was to object. Reducing the default number of passes from > > 25 to 1 seemed extreme. But after skimming through the link below, > > it's hard to argue :-) > > Still, there may be older disks hanging about. How about making the > number of passes inversely proportional to the log of the size of > the disk? That will smoothly accommodate older disks with wide > recording tracks as well as newer ones with narrow tracks. >
If there are portable ways of doing this sort of thing, sure. Also, it would be a good idea to check whether the underlying device is a disk at all. Different overwrite protocols might be required for flash and other media... -- Peter Eckersley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Staff Technologist Tel +1 415 436 9333 x131 Electronic Frontier Foundation Fax +1 415 436 9993 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
