# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| srm: srm (Secure file deletion for posix systems) srm: srm: srm is a secure replacement for rm(1). Unlike the standard rm, it srm: overwrites the data in the target files before unlinking them. This srm: prevents command-line recovery of the data by examining the raw block srm: device. It may also help frustrate physical examination of the disk, srm: although it's unlikely that it can completely prevent that type of srm: recovery. It is, essentially, a paper shredder for sensitive files srm: srm: srm: