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From: Steven Fisher on 25 Jan 2010 12:30
In article <tom_stiller-BD1BDB.14164124012010(a)news.individual.net>,
Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> If that's all you wanted to do, why not just use Disk Utility to Zero
> Out Deleted Files?

Obviously he wanted hex zeroes!

(Sorry, Alan. I couldn't resist.)


Steve
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 25 Jan 2010 12:33
Paul Sture <paul.nospam(a)sture.ch> wrote:
> Number of file fragments?

I think Tom had it right when he posted about the /.Trashes folders.
There are also .Trashes folders on external hard drives, that Secure
Empty seems to go after (and report).

I get "three items to delete" when Secure Emptying a single file from
the Trash. When I attach a FireWire volume, that number goes up to
five. The number seems to go up by two for every external drive I
attach; plugging in all three results in nine items to secure delete.

--
K.

Lang may your lum reek.
From: David on 25 Jan 2010 21:03
In article <me-D3E936.20350724012010(a)news.supernews.com>,
Dan <me(a)here.net> wrote:

> In article <michelle-8BCCC2.18213924012010(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote:
>
> > In article <postings-D33194.10544825012010(a)news.bigpond.com>,
> > David <postings(a)REMOVE-TO-REPLYconfidential-counselling.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I dont know why either - but it is not just your 'problem' as when I
> > > secure delete a jpg it often shows six items are being deleted,
> >
> > With me, its four; regardless of the kind of file.
> >
> > > even though I always empty the trash before putting in an item that I
> > > want to secure delete.
> >
> > Same here; that's why I noticed it.
>
> Wow. I've never tried the Secure Empty Trash before. With a single
> file in the trash, I get 13 items to delete!!!!
>

Hey! Not fair. Michelle only gets 4 and I only get 6. You must have
done something special to get 13

David :-)
From: Warren Oates on 26 Jan 2010 08:00
In article <me-5D469A.17284125012010(a)news.supernews.com>,
Dan <me(a)here.net> wrote:

> OK, that seems to add up. My G4 tower has 6 volumes, spread across 3
> physical drives. So 3 items to start with, plus 2 more for each of the
> 5 other volumes = 13. Plugging in a USB stick drive results in 15
> items to delete.
>
> Interesting stuff.

This wouldn't have anything to do with "journaling" would it? I don't
really understand journaling at any deep level, except that you're
supposed to turn it off to optimize media capture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journaling_file_system
--
Very old woody beets will never cook tender.
-- Fannie Farmer
From: Paul Sture on 26 Jan 2010 10:52
In article <sdfisher-DE2CD2.09300125012010(a)mara100-84.onlink.net>,
Steven Fisher <sdfisher(a)spamcop.net> wrote:

> In article <tom_stiller-BD1BDB.14164124012010(a)news.individual.net>,
> Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > If that's all you wanted to do, why not just use Disk Utility to Zero
> > Out Deleted Files?
>
> Obviously he wanted hex zeroes!
>

Yep. You can fit a hex number into a smaller space than a decimal
number, thus hex numbers are denser.


;.)

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Paul Sture
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