Remove files

[William Davis]

On Oct 10, 2007, at 1:23 AM, David Epstein 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?
>
> Metaquestion: how would one research this issue before writing in  
> to this list? I tried but failed.
>
> Thanks from David.Epstein at warwick.ac.uk
>
>
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found it!

william-davis-computer-3:~ frstan$ port search srm
srm                            sysutils/srm   1.2.8        srm is a  
secure replacement for rm(1).

however after building it I got this:

william-davis-computer-3:~ frstan$ srm testfile
dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _fdatasync
   Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/srm
   Expected in: flat namespace

dyld: Symbol not found: _fdatasync
   Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/srm
   Expected in: flat namespace

Trace/BPT trap


maybe we can fix that........