[Bug-ddrescue] Re: Using ddrescue for the opposite purpose?

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Michael Haardt wrote:
> I do have one question, though: Would it fit easily in your code to add
> a flag that does not copy data by all means, but wipes out whatever can
> be wiped out, possibly even using the logfile approach to run it multiple
> times with trying just what could not be wiped before?

GNU ddrescue is designed for the safe rescue of data, and will give up 
if the destination file has errors. I think a better solution would be 
to use a program like 'wipe' 
(http://directory.fsf.org/security/misc/wipe.html).

Regards,
Antonio Diaz.