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sfill:tldr:ede97
sfill: Overwrite only free inodes of a disk.
$ sfill -i ${-path-to-mounted_disk_directory}
try on your machine
The command sfill -i ${-path-to-mounted_disk_directory}
is used to securely fill the free space on a disk partition with random data.
Here's a breakdown of the command:
sfill
: It is a command-line utility in Linux designed to securely erase the free space on a disk partition by overwriting it with random data.-i
: It is an option that tellssfill
to work in interactive mode, which means it will prompt for confirmation before proceeding.${-path-to-mounted_disk_directory}
: This is a placeholder for the actual path to the directory of the mounted disk partition you want to securely fill. You need to replace${-path-to-mounted_disk_directory}
with the appropriate path to the directory.
Make sure to replace ${-path-to-mounted_disk_directory}
with the correct path before executing the command.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.