Remove files

[paul beard]

On 10/9/07, David Epstein <David.Epstein at warwick.ac.uk> wrote:
> Does MacPorts have a version of rm that does secure removal of files
> (that is, scribbling over the disk so that info cannot be recovered)?
> I want this for files about my bank dealings---I'm not referring to
> files that come from MacPorts downloads.
>
> Does MacPorts have a version of rm that (unlike Unix, but like Mac Os
> X) is undoable?

Interesting question. I don't know of one. I can think of workarounds
with disk images and the like but it seems complicated. secure rm/srm
seems like an idea someone should have already had.

>
> Metaquestion: how would one research this issue before writing in to
> this list? I tried but failed.

Maybe you found out all there was to find out ;-)
-- 
Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/
<paulbeard at gmail.com/paulbeard at mac.com>