scrub
writes patterns on magnetic media to thwart data recovery
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scrub
About scrub
From Debian's package description
scrub iteratively writes patterns on files or disk devices to make retrieving the data more difficult.
scrub can write patterns direct to disk, destroying any file system (preferred method), or it can write patterns on files, or on file system free space.
scrub writes NNSA NAP-14.x, DoD 5220.22-M, BSI, 35-pass gutmann, or one of several other selectable pattern sequences.
scrub operates at the POSIX system call level, thus it is portable to a wide variety of hardware platforms. However, this means it cannot do certain things like manipulate spare blocks on disks, etc..
From Debian's description of the scrub package, under that package's license.
Dependencies
Depends on
libc6
Related apps
- gddrescueGNU data recovery toolCommand line
WorkraveProgram that assists in the recovery and prevention of RSI
ddrescueviewGraphical viewer for GNU ddrescue map files- ripgrepRecursively searches directories for a regex patternCommand line
- sgreptool to search a file for structured patternCommand line
- rreprecursive pattern replacement utilityCommand line
Sources and licenses
- Name: the Debian package name.
- Summary: Debian's short description of the scrub package, under that package's license.
- Description: Debian's description of the scrub package, under that package's license.
- Versions and sizes: Debian's archive for ARM64, as on packages.debian.org.
- Popularity: Debian Popularity Contest counts.
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