Description:
Erase a block device
Usage:
bdpurge [options] BLOCK_DEVICE
Options:
-e, --email mail@example.com
Send an email upon completion of the badblocks method.
-f, --force
Erase the block device even if it is mounted.
-h, --help
Display this help message and exit.
-m, --method quickr
Set the method used to erase the block device. Default is quickr:
badblocks Write 4 passes of 0xaa, 0x55, 0xff, and 0x00
quick Erase both ends of the device
quickr Erase both ends of each partition and the device
trim Erase the entire device with the trim command
urandom Write 1 pass with data from /dev/urandom
zero Write 1 pass with data from /dev/zero
-n, --nice N
Sets the niceness to N (default 0).
-s, --size 16777216
The amount of data to erase at both ends of the block device.
Examples:
bdpurge -r -p /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST8000AS0002-1NA17Z_00000000
Version:
bdpurge 2.3.2.0
Copyright (C) 2016 Nathan Shearer
Licensed under GNU General Public License 2.0